The times, anno 1783 [graphic].

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Title: The times, anno 1783 [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: [14 April 1783]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Aprl. 14th, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Abstract: On the right, John Bull, standing next to a broken anchor, raises his arms in despair saying, "'Tis lost! Irrecoverably lost!" Above his head, a demon flies away with a partially rolled up map of America while a Frenchman standing to his right offers him snuff as consolation. Behind the Frenchman, an angry Spaniard points to the rock of Gibraltar in the background and the exploding ships below it. On the far left, a Dutchman watches the scene in front of him
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 29.2 x 45.1 cm.
Mounted on leaf 60 of volume 1 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25 x 35 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Etchings England London 1783
Material: etching ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Gibraltar
Great Britain
Subject (Topic): John Bull (Symbolic character)
Dutch
French
Spanish
History
Foreign relations
Anchors
Demons
Clothing & dress
Subjects: John Bull (Symbolic character)
Dutch > Caricatures and cartoons
French > Caricatures and cartoons
Spanish > Caricatures and cartoons
Gibraltar > History > Siege, 1779-1783
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1760-1789
Anchors
Demons
Clothing & dress > 1780-1790
England > 1783
England > London > 1783
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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