The Gothamites in council humbly inscribed to the geese in disgrace sometime call'd the honest men of P-h. [graphic]

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Title
The Gothamites in council humbly inscribed to the geese in disgrace sometime call'd the honest men of P-h. [graphic]
Creator
Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733-1770, printmaker
Contributor
Job, Daniel, active 1750-1753, publisher.
Published / Created
[21 February 1751]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, Feb. 21, 1751, by Dan Job, stationer in King Street, Covent Garden
Description
Title etched above image.
Attributed to Boitard on stylistic grounds; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.3913.
Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Two black geese of middle age, by some thought cunning, few thought sage ...
Caption in the lower left corner of plate: In the porch the emblems of disappointment, malice, envy ...
Caption in the lower right corner of plate: **A cuckow with an asse's head singing his own wise productions.
"Price one shilling."
Temporary local subject terms: Portsmouth: Municipal Council as geese -- Literature: Aesop's Fables, 'The farmer and the snake' -- Burgesses as geese -- Literature: Aesop's Fables, 'The dog and the shadow' -- Literature: The geese in disgrace, a tale. Portsmouth : printed by W. Horton, for J. Wilkinson, 1751 -- Naval uniforms: sailors' uniforms -- Gangs of sailors -- Taverns: 'The Hercules's Pillars', Portsmouth -- Shops: Agent for Prizes -- Navy: ships -- Ships: Centurion, at anchor in Portsmouth, 1751 -- Maps: map of Nova Scotia -- Map of Gibraltar -- Allusion to trade with Newfoundland -- Furniture: dining chairs -- Lancets -- Postillion blowing horn -- Gothamites -- Aldermen -- Birds: hen and chicks -- Storks -- Eagle grasping fulmen -- Cuckoo with ass's head -- Dining tables -- Trades: surgeon, as a goose -- Medicine: in bottles -- Wheelbarrows -- Emblems -- Trade with Lima, 1751 -- Personifications: Covetousness, Disappointment, Malice, Envy -- Medical procedures: bleeding.
Mounted to 30 x 47 cm.
Watermark.
Provenance
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Bowditch's note on mounting sheet: Truman Sale 1906.
Extent
1 print : sheet 24 x 36 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
751.02.21.01+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1751
Etchings England London 1751
Watermarks (Paper)
Material
etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
Portsmouth (England)
Subject (Topic)
Boat & ship industry
Carpentry
Forts & fortifications
Light fixtures
Harbors
Horseback riding
Mortars & pestles
Signs (Notices)
Taverns (Inns)
Subjects
Portsmouth (England)
Boat & ship industry
Carpentry
Forts & fortifications
Light fixtures
Harbors
Horseback riding
Mortars & pestles
Signs (Notices)
Taverns (Inns)
England > 1751
England > London > 1751

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8617485
Object ID (OID)
10714490

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