Balaam, or, The majesty of the people [graphic].

Description

Title: Balaam, or, The majesty of the people [graphic].
Alternative Title: Majesty of the people
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: 1783 April 10
Copyright Date: [10 April 1783]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Abstract: A tall, thin gentleman in a military uniform walks accross a mountainous landscape carrying on his back an obese parson with a "Tithes" basket full of chickens and a sucking-pig under his left arm and a scourge with three lashes in his right hand. Behind them and in front of his sheaved harvest stands a farmer dressed in a smock, with a branch in his right hand and his hat in the left. He says, "We Farmers have our Bodys Eat up, for the good of our Souls."
Description: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Text following title: The Lord open'd the mouth of the ass, &c.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.1 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 28 x 42 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1783.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1783.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Subject (Topic): Clergy--England--18th century.
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Farmers.
Military officers--British--18th century.
Obesity.
Tithes.
Whips.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6209