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1. Anecdote maçonnique [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 November 1786]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 786.11.21.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A masonic feast: in the centre of the room on a platform is an empty armchair decorated with a masonic symbol. Below it and on the right is a table with punch-bowl, glasses, candles, &c, behind which are the English members of the Lodge, some seated, others standing. On the left sit the French members, the most prominent being Cagliostro; all wear masonic aprons. ... "--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Masonic anecdote
- Description:
- Titles in English and French etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Captions in French and English etched under each title, respectively., Thirty lines of verse in French below image on left, under the heading, "Abregè de l'histoire du Comte Arabe": Nè Dieu sait où, maintenu Dieu sait comme ..., Thirty lines of verse in English below image on right, under the heading, "Abstract of the Arabian Count's memoirs": Born God knows where, supported God knows how ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, and imprint statement mostly erased from sheet; imprint from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: hairdresser -- Hairdressers: Mr. Barker, King Street, Bloomsbury -- Opticians: Mr. Mash -- Interior of the Freemasons' Lodge of Antiquity -- Freemasons' symbols -- Furniture -- Upholstered chair -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Glass decanter -- Glass bottle -- Wine glasses -- Punch bowls., and Watermark: Russell & Co. 1797 on the right side of sheet; fleur-de-lis on the left side.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd November 21st, 1786, for the proprietor by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795
- Subject (Topic):
- Freemasonry, Quacks and quackery, Fraternal organizations, Interiors, Dining tables, Chairs, Candles, and Eating & drinking
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Anecdote maçonnique [graphic]
2. Anecdote maçonnique [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 November 1786]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A masonic feast: in the centre of the room on a platform is an empty armchair decorated with a masonic symbol. Below it and on the right is a table with punch-bowl, glasses, candles, &c, behind which are the English members of the Lodge, some seated, others standing. On the left sit the French members, the most prominent being Cagliostro; all wear masonic aprons. ... "--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Masonic anecdote
- Description:
- Titles in English and French etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Captions in French and English etched under each title, respectively., Thirty lines of verse in French below image on left, under the heading, "Abregè de l'histoire du Comte Arabe": Nè Dieu sait où, maintenu Dieu sait comme ..., Thirty lines of verse in English below image on right, under the heading, "Abstract of the Arabian Count's memoirs": Born God knows where, supported God knows how ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, and imprint statement mostly erased from sheet; imprint from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: hairdresser -- Hairdressers: Mr. Barker, King Street, Bloomsbury -- Opticians: Mr. Mash -- Interior of the Freemasons' Lodge of Antiquity -- Freemasons' symbols -- Furniture -- Upholstered chair -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Glass decanter -- Glass bottle -- Wine glasses -- Punch bowls., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 53.8 x 48.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., and Mounted on leaf 36 of volume 7 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd November 21st, 1786, for the proprietor by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795
- Subject (Topic):
- Freemasonry, Quacks and quackery, Fraternal organizations, Interiors, Dining tables, Chairs, Candles, and Eating & drinking
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Anecdote maçonnique [graphic]
3. Het committè van algemeen welzyn [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1796]
- Call Number:
- Print00806
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Four grotesque men, all crippled or deformed, are in a row before a set of druggist's shelves headed 'Staats Apotheek'. Those on the extreme left and right stand, the others sit. A knock-kneed hunchback (left), smoking a long pipe, the smoke inscribed 'Hellebr . . .', holds a paper: 'Recipe'. A ragged and lame National Guard picks the pocket of his neighbour. Above the shelves, and forming the apex of the design, a fury, Discord, with snaky locks, leans from clouds, holding a flaming sword and looking down threateningly at the conference. On the top shelf are a 'Guillotine' and a bull, 'Phalaris', a block inscribed 'Menschen lief de' next a gallows, a demon. Below are bottles: 'Quint Ess: de Robespierr, Sel de Marat, Recipes en Assignaten [see British Museum Satires No. 8849], Rotten gift [poison for mice], Alb: Graec:' On the wall hang a sword and shackles. Text, 'Luke', xii. 26."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue., One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata., Plate numbered "2" in upper left corner., With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Pharmacies, interior -- Politics, French -- Politics, British -- Politics, Dutch., 1 print : etching ; sheet 272 x 220 mm., and Printed in red ink.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Pharmacists, Drugstores, Interiors, Pipes (Smoking), Crutches, Guillotines (Punishment), Gallows, Demons, Shackles, and Daggers & swords
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Het committè van algemeen welzyn [graphic].
4. Het committè van algemeen welzyn [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1796]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Four grotesque men, all crippled or deformed, are in a row before a set of druggist's shelves headed 'Staats Apotheek'. Those on the extreme left and right stand, the others sit. A knock-kneed hunchback (left), smoking a long pipe, the smoke inscribed 'Hellebr . . .', holds a paper: 'Recipe'. A ragged and lame National Guard picks the pocket of his neighbour. Above the shelves, and forming the apex of the design, a fury, Discord, with snaky locks, leans from clouds, holding a flaming sword and looking down threateningly at the conference. On the top shelf are a 'Guillotine' and a bull, 'Phalaris', a block inscribed 'Menschen lief de' next a gallows, a demon. Below are bottles: 'Quint Ess: de Robespierr, Sel de Marat, Recipes en Assignaten [see British Museum Satires No. 8849], Rotten gift [poison for mice], Alb: Graec:' On the wall hang a sword and shackles. Text, 'Luke', xii. 26."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue., One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata., Plate numbered "2" in upper left corner., With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Pharmacies, interior -- Politics, French -- Politics, British -- Politics, Dutch., and Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 12 of 12, with letterpress explanation opposite.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Pharmacists, Drugstores, Interiors, Pipes (Smoking), Crutches, Guillotines (Punishment), Gallows, Demons, Shackles, and Daggers & swords
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Het committè van algemeen welzyn [graphic].
