Junction of parties [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Junction of parties [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [25 April 1783]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Aprl. 25th, 1783, by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre
- Abstract
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"North (left) and Fox (right), back to back, excreting into a pan bearing the Royal Arms which stands between them. The Devil stands, crouching, with one foot on the bent back of each; he holds a long shovel in his right hand, with which he stirs the mixture in the pan; with his left hand he holds his nose. He is a characteristic Gillray devil with bat's wings, a human torso, satyr's ears and legs, and the feet of a beast of prey. A disk or cup supported on a point, rests on his head. The scene is outside a closed door in a stone wall. Over the doorway is a scroll, inscribed, "CATAPLASMA BELLIi ET PACIS, VEL COALITIO INFERNALIS". Under this scroll is the inscription, "To be used as the universal SALVE-ation of this Kingdom | By the KINGS ROYAL LETTERS PATENT, | The Original Warehouse------by------Messrs Reynard & Boreas." Below this and on the architrave of the door is a framed print, 'The Fox & Geese'. A fox standing on his hind-legs plays the fiddle to a row of geese, who stretch their necks and cackle. Prints of fox and geese, the geese representing the Westminster electors, were common. See BMSat 5843, &c. This coarse design is powerfully drawn. North, wearing a nightcap and his Garter ribbon, is in profile to the left. He is much caricatured and has an expression of sulky melancholy. Fox, three quarter face, with his unkempt hair, bushy eyebrows, and "gunpowder jowl", has a more sinister scowl."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from text above image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Plate first issued with the title: The coalition. See No. 6220 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Plate numbered in lower left corner: No. 1.
Mounted on leaf 63 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 : plate mark 35.3 x 26 cm, on sheet 42.3 x 28 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Etchings England London 1783 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1783
England > London > 1783
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12425845
- Object ID (OID)
- 11810297