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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [16 June 1797]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Captain Morris (left) sits in profile to the right, singing from a broadside which he holds out in his left hand: 'A new Song to the Tune of the Plenipoy'. In his right hand is a full glass. He wears a round hat and fashionable half-boots; his coat, breeches, and stockings are tattered. From his pocket projects a pamphlet: 'Captain Morris's Songs by Subscription' (cf. BMSat 9240). Fox and Sheridan sit on opposite sides of a small round table, on which is a decanter of 'Brandy'. Sheridan, left, with Bardolph's fiery face, cf. BMSat 7528, &c, holds his glass and looks delightedly at Morris, as does Fox (as Falstaff), who says: "Come sing me a Boosey-Song, [A misquotation from 'I Henry IV', III. iii, where Falstaff says, "Come, sing me a bawdy song; make me merry."] to make me merry". Part of the face of a fourth man appears on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: chairs -- Wine bottle and glasses -- Spirits: brandy -- Literature: Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I -- Allusion to the secession of the Opposition., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.2 x 36.3 cm, on sheet 29.9 x 39.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 53 of volume 9 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 16th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Morris, Charles, 1745-1838
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Homer singing his verses to the Greeks [graphic]
