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61.
The state of the war, or, The monkey-race in danger [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 May 1799]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"French soldiers, puny simian creatures, are being destroyed or put to flight by the powers of the Second Coalition. In the foreground (right) the British Lion devours a heap of the little creatures; others flee. An ogre in Turkish costume (left), his profile set in a crescent, grips Bonaparte in his left hand, raising a blood-stained scimitar. Bonaparte attempts to strike with a dagger; he drops a paper: 'Organization of Egypt, & Triumph of Buonaparte'. The Russian bear sits grasping and crushing struggling French apes. On the right the Habsburg eagle, clasping a sheaf of thunderbolts, flies off to the right, tearing a bonnet-rouge in beak and claws. A French army is in flight with a tricolour flag inscribed 'Egalite'. Behind Turkey are Frenchmen impaled on spears."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Monkey-race in danger
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Egyptian campaign, 1798-1801 -- Coalitions -- Frenchmen as monkeys -- Sansculottes -- Emblems: Russian bear -- Habsburg eagle -- British Lion -- Turks -- Male costume: Turkish dress -- Impalement., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.1 x 36.2 cm, on sheet 29.8 x 41.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 19 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 20th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The state of the war, or, The monkey-race in danger [graphic]

62.
Duke William's ghost [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 May 1799]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Prince of Wales lies on his bed, partly dressed, in a drunken stupor, head downwards, right arm hanging to the ground, where are broken bottles and spilt wine. The ghost of his great-uncle, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), immensely fat, and naked except for cocked hat and sabre, emerging from clouds, stands at the bed-side (right), holding up an hour-glass whose sands have nearly run out; in his right hand he raises the bed-curtains which frame the design. He warns the Prince of the effects of drink and corpulence. See BMSats 9383, 9384, 9385, where the warning is extended."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.9 x 36.2 cm, on sheet 29.4 x 40.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 18 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Drinking vessels, Ghosts, Hourglasses, Intoxication, and Obesity
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Duke William's ghost [graphic]

63.
The affrighted centaur & lion britanique [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 May 1799]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A centaur with the body of the Duke of Bedford flees in terror from the angry British lion, whose head and fore-paws appear on the left. He is dressed as a jockey, with tricolour jacket and tricolour ribbons in his cap (as in other prints, e.g. BMSat 9261)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Affrighted centaur and lion britanique and Affrighted centaur & lion britannique
Description:
Title etched below image., No. 6 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: centaurs -- Male dress: jockey -- British Lion., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.3 x 20.2 cm, on sheet 34.3 x 23.9 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1817., and Mounted on leaf 17 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The affrighted centaur & lion britanique [graphic]

64.
The twin stars, Castor & Pollux [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 May 1799]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two corpulent men, with arms interlaced, trip through space, their heads turned in profile to the right, naked except for a piece of floating drapery. One (left) holds up a frothing tankard of Berkley Ale, the other a foaming goblet, tankard and goblet being the centre of a pointed star. The heads are well characterized, and alike only in fatness, short hair, and side-whisker."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Twin stars, Castor and Pollux
Description:
Title etched below image., No. 5 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Castor & Pollux -- Brewers: George Barclay, fl. 1799 -- Charles Sturt -- Dishes: tankards -- Glass: goblets -- Beverages: ale., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.1 x 19.0 cm, on sheet 34.0 x 23.7 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1817., and Mounted on leaf 16 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Str
Subject (Name):
Sturt, Charles, 1763-1812
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The twin stars, Castor & Pollux [graphic]

65.
Cupid [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 May 1799]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The ugly and ungainly Nicholls, naked except for floating drapery, and with heavy, feathered wings, stands directed to the right, drawing the string of his bow. He stands on clouds which form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., No. 4 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Cupid., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.0 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 33.5 x 24.2 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1817., and Mounted on leaf 15 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cupid [graphic]

66.
Harpyes defiling the feast [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 May 1799]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"'The Feast' is a steaming sirloin in a dish inscribed John Bull's Comfort, flanked by (left) a frothing tankard decorated with the Royal Arms and (right) a plum-pudding. The three harpies, Tierney (left), Shuckburgh, and Jekyll (right), malignantly vomit and excrete on the feast. Tierney hovers over the tankard, Shuckburgh over the beef; Jekyll, with webbed wings and barrister's wig and bands, is planted on the pudding. All do their worst to the beef, against the dish of which lies a carving-knife and fork."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Harpies defiling the feast
Description:
Title etched below image., No. 3 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology., Temporary local subject terms: Roast beef -- Table settings: utensils -- Food: plum pudding -- Dishes: tankard with royal arms -- Mythology: harpies -- Reference to John Bull., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.3 x 19.9 cm, on sheet 33.4 x 23.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 14 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
Subject (Name):
Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804, and Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Harpyes defiling the feast [graphic]

67.
Mars [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 May 1799]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"George Walpole stands defiantly, head in profile to the right, feet splayed awkwardly. He wears Roman armour with medieval greaves and a huge sabre; in his left hand is a large oval shield, in his right he supports a vertical tilting-lance, the head of which is cut off by the upper margin. His fantastic helmet is partly a cocked hat with a tricolour cockade; on it crouches a simian demon with webbed wings and long barbed tail, wearing a cap like the cornucopia of BMSat 9374, and spitting fire. Behind him (left) is a gobbling turkey-cock. Clouds form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., No. 2 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: Roman armor -- Demons -- Birds: turkey -- Weapons: tilting lance -- Swords -- Shields -- Bonnet rouge., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.2 x 20.4 cm, on sheet 33.6 x 24.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 13 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Walpole, George, 1758-1835
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mars [graphic]

68.
Hercules reposing [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 May 1799]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Fox, naked and hairy, sits despondently at the foot of a willow tree, from which a lyre hangs by a tricolour ribbon. His eyes are closed, his head is supported on the hand which holds a large book: 'The Beauties of St Ann's Hill'. He sits on the skin of an ass masquerading as a lion (with a lion's tail); before him are the apples of the Hesperides, rotten. His club, inscribed 'Whig Club', lies across a (blunted) arrow and a bow with a broken string. In the background Fame staggers from the temple which crowns Parnassus."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., No. 1 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Parnassus -- Hercules -- Reference to Hercules's labors: skin of an ass as the skin of the Nemean Lion -- Reference to the Whig Club -- Weapons: clubs -- Bow and arrow -- Musical instruments: lyre -- Emblems: tricolor ribbon -- Books -- Reference to St. Ann's Hill., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.2 x 20.0 cm, on sheet 34.1 x 24.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 12 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hercules reposing [graphic]

69.
New pantheon of democratic mythology [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 May 1799]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Emblematical title-page to a set of prints on the Opposition. A fire burns on an altar of quasi-classical shape, on which is the title; apes' heads take the place of rams' heads, and a garland of laurel is bound with tricolour ribbon. At the base of the altar lies a cornucopia in the form of a bonnet-rouge transformed into a fool's cap terminating in a bell (cf. BMSat 8644). From it pour emblems of gods and goddesses: Thunderbolts tied with tricolour, an owl, grapes, caduceus, bow and arrows, hammer and pincers, trident, lyre, club, two doves on a shield with the head of Medusa. The arc of a pilastered wall forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Frontispiece to a series of six prints, each with the series title: New pantheon., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Pantheon -- Altars: sacrificial altar -- Cornucopias -- Emblems of gods and goddesses from Greek mythology -- Fool's cap as bonnet rouge -- Fool's cap as cornucopia -- Fire., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.1 x 20.0 cm, on sheet 34.0 x 24.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 11 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > New pantheon of democratic mythology [graphic]

70.
Exhibition of a democratic-transparency with its effect upon patriotic feelings / [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 April 1799]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The members of the Secret Committee of the Commons are seated round a table examining the documents relating to the United Irishmen and other revolutionary societies. A lamp on the table illuminates a large framed transparency [The transparency, a large pictorial design lit from behind, was a popular form of street illumination. On 5 Nov. 1813 (for the battle of Leipzig) Ackermann displayed on the façade of his 'Repository' Rowlandson's 'The Two Kings of terror, afterwards published as a print. Broadley, i. 338.] divided into four equal sections which hangs from the ceiling and conceals the heads of the Committee ; the four scenes depict the supposed intentions of the revolutionaries. The transparency is irradiated, throwing into deep shadow members of the Opposition in the foreground (right), who flee from the room in a body, terror-struck. The nearest (three-quarter length) are Erskine, clutching a brief-bag, Fox, M. A. Taylor, and Norfolk. Behind these are Tierney, Sheridan, and Nicholls; in the last row are Sir J. Sinclair, Burdett, Moira, Bedford. The two most prominent members, though in back view with heads obscured, suggest Pitt (left) and Dundas (right); they read papers inscribed 'Scheme to Overthrow the British Constitution, & to seize on all public Property and Invitation to the French Republic'. Over the edge of the table hang the bulky 'Reports of the Secret Committee of the House of Commons.' On the floor are four papers: 'Names of Traitors now sufferd to remain at large'; 'Oath of the Members of the Society of the United Irishmen in London'; 'Account of ye Lodge of United Englishmen, & of the Monks of St Ann's Shrine' [see BMSat 9217]; 'Proceedings of the London Corresponding Society with a list of all the Members.' [See BMSat 9189, &c] The transparency is suspended on tricolour ribbons. Titles are engraved on the frame: [1] 'Plundering the Bank'. A scene in the Rotunda; tiny figures hasten off with sacks of gold, the most prominent being Tierney with '£10000'. Sir William Pulteney (identified from his resemblance to BMSat 9212) staggers off to the left with two sacks; the poker-like Moira has a sack on his head; two men dispute over a sack, one being Walpole with his huge cocked hat, the other resembling Jekyll; Sheridan (right) slouches off with two sacks. Proletarians exult over small money-bags. [2] 'Assassinating the Parliament'. The interior of the House of Commons is realistically depicted; the Opposition violently attack the occupants of the Government benches, daggers being the chief weapon. Erskine (left) is about to murder Dundas; Fox strikes at Pitt, holding him by the throat, while Sheridan is about to stab Pitt in the back. The puny Walpole tries to drag the Speaker from his chair, while Burdett raises the mace to smite him. Sir John Sinclair raises a broadsword to smite a man held down by little M. A. Taylor. Volumes of 'Acts and Statutes' fall to the floor. [3] 'Seizing the Crown. \ Scene the Tower'. Exulting plunderers emerge from the gate of the Tower on to the drawbridge. Bedford, dressed as a jockey (cf. BMSat 9380), walks ahead with two sacks: 'New Coinage' and 'New Guineas'; Fox, [Identified by Grego as Lansdowne.] smiling, holds the crown; Lauderdale, wearing a kilt, carries the sceptre. Just behind is Sir George Shuckburgh. Stanhope (or Grattan) carries a sack, 'Regalia of E[ngland]'. On the right a chimney-sweep and others dance round a bonfire in which 'Records' are burning. Cf. BMSat 7354, where Fox carries off the crown from the Tower. [4] 'Establishing the French Government. \ St James s Palace'. French troops march with arrogant goose-step and fixed bayonets into the gateway of the palace; their large tricolour flag is inscribed 'Vive la Republique Français'. In the foreground is planted a tall spear surmounted by a bonnet-rouge (a tree of Liberty, cf. BMSat 9214, &c.); at its base are decollated heads wearing coronets and a mitre. They are cheered by spectators (right): Grattan holding 'Grattans Address', Norfolk holding his staff, Lord Derby in hunting-dress standing on an overturned sentry-box, Moira standing like a ramrod. ...."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text below title: Representing the Secret-Committee throwing a light upon the dark sketches of a revolution found among the papers of the Jacobin societies lately apprehended ..., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 36.9 x 44.9 cm, on sheet 38.8 x 47.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 10 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 15th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James Street, London
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837, Walpole, George, 1761-1830, Pulteney, William, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, and Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Exhibition of a democratic-transparency with its effect upon patriotic feelings / [graphic]