The military caricaturist [graphic].

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Description

Title
The military caricaturist [graphic].
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created
[6 December 1799]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. Decr. 6th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
Abstract

"An officer wearing boots, plumed cocked hat, and an enormous sabre, stands full-face, with shoulders hunched, a porte-crayon in his mouth. Under his right arm is a portfolio of 'Caricatures', while crude caricature prints are pinned to the wall: 'Wit' is a squatting woman looking over her shoulder to say "Baiser!". 'Character' is a quasi-lion with an ass's head inscribed 'This is a Red Lion'. A print of a Jean-de-Bry coat and a boot is inscribed 'Classick Studies'. A clumsy Hottentot inscribed 'Venus de Medicis is Grace'. A goat painting a recumbent nude on a canvas inscribed 'Leith Harbour is Refined Sentiment'. On a table against the wall (right) is a bottle of 'Velno' (a quack remedy, see BMSat 7592), and two books: 'Aretine's Postures' and 'La Pucelle'. Under the table is a large portfolio: 'Hints from Bunbury'; 'Mat . . Darly - Lord Townshend &c &c.' A patterned carpet covers the floor. ..."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Two lines of quoted text below title: "His satires are as keen as the back of a rasor; and having but three ideas in the world, "two of them are borrow'd, & the third, nobody else would own."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: officer's uniform -- Swords -- Medicine: Velno -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Furnishings: carpet -- Reference to George Townshend's (Marquis Townshend, 1724-1807) drawings -- Reference to Henry William Bunbury's (1750-1811) drawings -- Reference to Matthew DArly's (fl. 1754-1778) drawings.
Extent
1 print : sheet 35 x 25 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
799.12.06.01+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Davies, Thomas, approximately 1737-1812
Subjects
Davies, Thomas, approximately 1737-1812 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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Rights
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Identifiers

Catalog Record
9982046223408651
Object ID (OID)
10952749

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