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802.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A sculptured monument to Sir George Savile against a stone wall. A life-like half length figure of Savile looking to the right is set in an alcove with inscriptions above and below. Above: 'The Guardian Genius of that Good Man and Upright Senator \ Sir George Saville Bart \ Hovers with anxiety over The Tomb; not without Hopes, that his Countrymen \ may e're it be too late, see the Necessity of Peace, - the Improbability of \ the Present Ministers making it, - & the Benefit which would result, from a Temperate Reformation of those Abuses, "from which {to use his own memorable words) \ it was notorious, that all our Calamities Sprung."!!!' Below: 'Fuimus Troes, fuet [sic] Ilium et ingens Gloria Teucrorum. Virgil Here lie the Remains of the \ - Requisition, - \ The last Hopes of the Independent Gentlemen of Yorkshire; \ in full Confidence \ that when Corruption shall have ceased to prey upon the \ Human Frame, that it will rise again to \ - Immortal Glory.- \ Reader, \ You will no longer doubt the just Cause or upright \ Intention of this Requisition, when you learn, that \ the Merchants of Leeds, its greatest Enemies, have \ Thought that an Elegant Monument should be dedicated \ to it's \ Memory. \ "Your Cause of Sorrow must not be measured by his \ "Worth, for then it hath no End." Shakespere Mackbeth \ "Quis Desiderio sit Pudor aut Modus \ "Tam chari Capitis." Horace.'"--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description:
- Probably commissioned by the Yorkshire Reform movement. See British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Monuments: sepulchral monument to George Savile, 8th Bt. -- Literature: Shakespeare's Macbeth, v.8.44 -- Literature: Virgil, Aeneid., and Title, printmaker, and questionable date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Savile, George,--Sir,--1726-1784--Portraits.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Tomb of Sir George Savile] [graphic].
803.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1782 May 4
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Actor William Parsons depicted half-length in profile to left taking a pinch of snuff, holding a hat under his left arm.
- Description:
- Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and Parsons, William,--1736-1795--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [William Parsons] [graphic].
804.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1789 June 17
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A caricature portrait of Pitt speaking in the House of Commons in profile to the right. In his right hand is a document: 'Regency Restrictions' (see BMSat 7488, &c.); his hat is under his left arm, his left hand is held out. He bends forward, his right leg advanced."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description:
- An imitation of the whole length portraits of Sayers. See British Museum catalogue., Questionable attribution to Gillray from the British Museum catalogue., and Title devised by cataloger; title based on that given in the British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- S. W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fores, S. W., publisher., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [William Pitt] [graphic] / JS [monogram] f.
