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1. Fighting for the dunghill, or, Jack Tar settling Buonaparte [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [20 November 1798]
Call Number:: 798.11.20.04.1+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A British sailor, firmly planted astride the globe, is severely punishing Bonaparte, who, with one knee precariously on 'Turk[ey]' (Egypt), is about to fall backwards into space. Bonaparte wears a huge cocked hat, is naked from the waist, but wears sleeve-ruffles, according to the old gibe on the beggarly French fop. He is much emaciated, and gashed with wounds; 'Nelson' is inscribed on his solar plexus. Blood gushes from his nose. Jack Tar's right leg stretches across central Europe, the toe supported on 'Malta'. Clouds form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Jack Tar settling Buonaparte
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Boxing -- Maps: globes -- Uniforms: sailor's uniform -- Jack Tar (Symbolic character)., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:: Pubd. Novr. 20th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
Subject (Name):: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Fighting for the dunghill, or, Jack Tar settling Buonaparte [graphic]

2. Fighting for the dunghill, or, Jack Tar settling Buonaparte [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [20 November 1798]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 4
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A British sailor, firmly planted astride the globe, is severely punishing Bonaparte, who, with one knee precariously on 'Turk[ey]' (Egypt), is about to fall backwards into space. Bonaparte wears a huge cocked hat, is naked from the waist, but wears sleeve-ruffles, according to the old gibe on the beggarly French fop. He is much emaciated, and gashed with wounds; 'Nelson' is inscribed on his solar plexus. Blood gushes from his nose. Jack Tar's right leg stretches across central Europe, the toe supported on 'Malta'. Clouds form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Jack Tar settling Buonaparte
Description:: Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Boxing -- Maps: globes -- Uniforms: sailor's uniform -- Jack Tar (Symbolic character)., 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.0 x 36.3 cm, on sheet 29.2 x 40.6 cm., Watermark: E & P., and Mounted on leaf 73 of volume 4 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. Novr. 20th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
Subject (Name):: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fighting for the dunghill, or, Jack Tar settling Buonaparte [graphic]

3. Juge de paix [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [15 May 1798]
Call Number:: 798.05.15.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Nicholls, M.P. for Tregony, sits in an arm-chair directed to the left; in his right hand is a tall staff in whose head is an eye; his left hand is thrust under his coat, which is buttoned. From a tricolour ribbon round his neck is suspended a small metal olive-branch. He wears his ordinary dress, his shrunken legs in wide half-boots. The portrait shows the notoriously ugly Nicholls, with his left eye closed, a projecting lower jaw, his upper lip drawn up in a permanent snarl. He sits on a square dais covered with a flowered carpet. Behind is a wall of heavy blocks of stone, in which (above his head) is a niche. In this stands a statue of Justice, her eyes covered by a bonnet-rouge, her scales and sword held up aggressively."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Tenth plate in the series "French habits." First plate in the series has series title "Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: French costume: Directory judge -- Emblems: judge's staff and olive branch -- Figure of Justice -- Bonnet rouge.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 15th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Juge de paix [graphic]

4. Juge de paix [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [15 May 1798]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 4
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Nicholls, M.P. for Tregony, sits in an arm-chair directed to the left; in his right hand is a tall staff in whose head is an eye; his left hand is thrust under his coat, which is buttoned. From a tricolour ribbon round his neck is suspended a small metal olive-branch. He wears his ordinary dress, his shrunken legs in wide half-boots. The portrait shows the notoriously ugly Nicholls, with his left eye closed, a projecting lower jaw, his upper lip drawn up in a permanent snarl. He sits on a square dais covered with a flowered carpet. Behind is a wall of heavy blocks of stone, in which (above his head) is a niche. In this stands a statue of Justice, her eyes covered by a bonnet-rouge, her scales and sword held up aggressively."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Tenth plate in the series "French habits." First plate in the series has series title "Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: French costume: Directory judge -- Emblems: judge's staff and olive branch -- Figure of Justice -- Bonnet rouge., 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.3 x 19.5 cm, on sheet 36.9 x 26.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 50 of volume 4 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 15th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Juge de paix [graphic]

5. Juge du Tribunal Correctionnel [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [21 May 1798]
Call Number:: 798.05.21.02
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Courtney sits heavily in an arm-chair directed to the right, his head in profile to the right; his hands rest on his knees. His dress is that of a Membre du Tribunal Criminel, except that his cloak is long instead of knee-length, and except for the colour of his official ribbon, which denotes the Tribunal Correctionnel. He wears a hat turned up in front with feathers and tricolour cockade; round his neck hangs from a ribbon the emblem of a bundle of lictor's rods, from which projects an axe. [The Membre du Tribunal Correctionnel wore a blue ribbon with white and red borders (as in this print), his bundle of rods had no axe. The Membre du Tribunal Criminel wore a red ribbon with blue and white borders. The Membre du Tribunal Civil wore a white ribbon, with red and blue borders, from which was suspended a silver eye. 'Costumes des Représentans du Peuple Français.'] His chair is on a round dais of stone blocks above a flagged floor. A wall behind is of large stones; a heavy fringed curtain is draped on the left. See BMSat 9196."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Ninth plate in the series "French habits." First plate in the series has series title "Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: French costume: Directory judge.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 21st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: Courtney, John, 1741-1816
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Juge du Tribunal Correctionnel [graphic]

6. Juge du Tribunal Correctionnel [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [21 May 1798]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 4
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Courtney sits heavily in an arm-chair directed to the right, his head in profile to the right; his hands rest on his knees. His dress is that of a Membre du Tribunal Criminel, except that his cloak is long instead of knee-length, and except for the colour of his official ribbon, which denotes the Tribunal Correctionnel. He wears a hat turned up in front with feathers and tricolour cockade; round his neck hangs from a ribbon the emblem of a bundle of lictor's rods, from which projects an axe. [The Membre du Tribunal Correctionnel wore a blue ribbon with white and red borders (as in this print), his bundle of rods had no axe. The Membre du Tribunal Criminel wore a red ribbon with blue and white borders. The Membre du Tribunal Civil wore a white ribbon, with red and blue borders, from which was suspended a silver eye. 'Costumes des Représentans du Peuple Français.'] His chair is on a round dais of stone blocks above a flagged floor. A wall behind is of large stones; a heavy fringed curtain is draped on the left. See BMSat 9196."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Ninth plate in the series "French habits." First plate in the series has series title "Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: French costume: Directory judge., 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.5 x 19.5 cm, on sheet 36.5 x 27.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 49 of volume 4 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 21st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: Courtney, John, 1741-1816
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Juge du Tribunal Correctionnel [graphic]

7. L'avocat de la Republique [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [21 May 1798]
Call Number:: 798.05.21.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Erskine stands directed to the right, a sheaf of papers in his right hand, his left held out in a declamatory gesture. He wears a long gown over a black tunic and sash, with a broad white collar. His advocate's wig has a red patch on the crown of his head. His shoes have bunches of tricolour ribbons. He stands on a flagged floor facing a part of the floor paved in black and white, where the judges may be presumed to sit; their presence is indicated by heavy cast shadows. The wall is pilastered."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Seventh plate in the series "French habits." First plate in the series has series title "Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: French costume: Directory lawyer.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 21st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > L'avocat de la Republique [graphic]

8. L'avocat de la Republique [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [21 May 1798]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 4
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Erskine stands directed to the right, a sheaf of papers in his right hand, his left held out in a declamatory gesture. He wears a long gown over a black tunic and sash, with a broad white collar. His advocate's wig has a red patch on the crown of his head. His shoes have bunches of tricolour ribbons. He stands on a flagged floor facing a part of the floor paved in black and white, where the judges may be presumed to sit; their presence is indicated by heavy cast shadows. The wall is pilastered."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Seventh plate in the series "French habits." First plate in the series has series title "Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: French costume: Directory lawyer., 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.5 x 19.5 cm, on sheet 37.2 x 26.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 47 of volume 4 of 12.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 21st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > L'avocat de la Republique [graphic]

9. Le Trèsorier [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [21 May 1798]
Call Number:: 798.05.21.03
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Sir William Pulteney sits directed to the left on the lowest of three large brass-bound treasure-chests. He wears a powdered wig, plain black coat and breeches, and top-boots. On the left side of his coat hangs a gold key, another is in his left hand. His right elbow rests on a chest and he looks through a single glass at a large open book: 'L'Etat de les Finances . . . République'. His hat and gloves are beside him. Behind is a pilastered wall and the corner (left) of a decorated ceiling. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Eleventh plate in the series "French habits." First plate in the series has series title "Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: French costume: Directory Treasurer.
Publisher:: Pubd. May 21st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):: Pulteney, William
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Le Trèsorier [graphic]