Galante show "redeunt spectacula mane" [graphic] : Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays / JS [monogram] f.
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Description
- Title
- Galante show "redeunt spectacula mane" [graphic] : Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays / JS [monogram] f.
- Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823
- Contributor
- Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792
- Published / Created
- [6 May 1788]
- Copyright Date
- [6 May 1788]
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Publisher
- Publd. 6th May 1788 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
- Abstract
-
"Burke (three quarter length) as a showman bends over his magic lantern in profile to the right. In the upper part of the design is a draped sheet on which are the objects thrown by the lantern. These are (left to right): [1] an oddly shaped elephant chained to a stake inscribed 'A Benares Flea'. [2] Three mountains piled one upon the other, inscribed respectively, 'Ossa', 'Pelion', 'Olympus'; the whole is 'A Begum Wart'. [3] Four large eyes dripping tears float half-submerged in the water they have produced, inscribed, 'Begums Tears'. [4] A whale spouting is 'An Ouzle'. From the right side of the magic lantern the end of a slide (or slider, cf. BMSat 6287) emerges; on it is an oriental seated cross-legged and smoking. Next the lantern (right) are the heads and shoulders of two spectators in back view who are applauding; one says "finely imagined"; the other, "poor Ladies they have cried their Eyes out". The 'profil perdu' of Lord Derby appears on the extreme right, saying, "very like an Ouzle [weasel]. "Polonius"" ['Hamlet', III. ii.]."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
-
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Acquisitions no.: 966-12-5-79.
Printmaker identified as Sayers in the British Museum catalogue.
Title from text in bottom part of image. - Extent
- 1 print : aquatint and etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.9 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 23.8 x 33.0 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 788.05.06.02 Impression 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- still image
- Genre
-
Aquatints -- England -- London -- 1788
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1788
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1788 - Resource Type
- Prints & Photographs
- Subject (Name)
- Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792
- Subject (Topic)
-
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Derby, Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1752-1834
Harvey, Francis
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Oudh (Princely State)
Projectors
Riviere & Son
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8072635
- Object ID (OID)
- 10728465
- More Information
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7313