Guy Vaux [graphic].

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Description

Title
Guy Vaux [graphic].
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Dunning, John,--Baron Ashburton,--1731-1783--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fawkes, Guy,--1570-1606--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Keppel, Augustus Keppel,--Viscount,--1725-1786--Caricatures and cartoons.
Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox,--Duke of,--1735-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Wilkes, John,--1725-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Copyright Date
[not before 15 June 1782]
Publication Place
[London]
Publisher
W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Abstract

One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on the right is Fox (depicted as a fox) followed by members of the new ministry, including from left to right, Wilkes, Richmond, Burke, Keppel, Shelburne (carrying another barrel of gunpowder), and Dunning.

Description
Above upper left border: Political characters & caracatures of 1782. No. 6.
Date of publication based on that of earlier state.
Originally published with imprint statement: Pubd. June 15th, 1782 by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street.
Extent
1 print : etching ; sheet 25 x 35 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Gillray v. 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Etchings--England--London--1782.
Political cartoons--England--1782.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1782.
Subject (Geographic)
Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name)
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Dunning, John,--Baron Ashburton,--1731-1783--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fawkes, Guy,--1570-1606--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Keppel, Augustus Keppel,--Viscount,--1725-1786--Caricatures and cartoons.
Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons.
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox,--Duke of,--1735-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Wilkes, John,--1725-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic)
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Donkeys.
Fools' caps.
Thrones.

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.
Citation
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6007
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 33

Identifiers

Orbis Record
6787952
Object ID (OID)
11810266

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