New pantheon of democratic mythology [graphic]

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Title: New pantheon of democratic mythology [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [7 May 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
Abstract: "Emblematical title-page to a set of prints on the Opposition. A fire burns on an altar of quasi-classical shape, on which is the title; apes' heads take the place of rams' heads, and a garland of laurel is bound with tricolour ribbon. At the base of the altar lies a cornucopia in the form of a bonnet-rouge transformed into a fool's cap terminating in a bell (cf. BMSat 8644). From it pour emblems of gods and goddesses: Thunderbolts tied with tricolour, an owl, grapes, caduceus, bow and arrows, hammer and pincers, trident, lyre, club, two doves on a shield with the head of Medusa. The arc of a pilastered wall forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text in image.
Frontispiece to a series of six prints, each with the series title: New pantheon.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Pantheon -- Altars: sacrificial altar -- Cornucopias -- Emblems of gods and goddesses from Greek mythology -- Fool's cap as bonnet rouge -- Fool's cap as cornucopia -- Fire.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; 1961.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26 x 20 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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