The chancellor of the Inquisition marking the incorrigibles [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The chancellor of the Inquisition marking the incorrigibles [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [19 March 1793]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. March 19th 1793 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"Burke, writing as he walks, advances towards the door of the 'Crown & Anchor' tavern, over which is inscribed 'British Inquisition'. He wears a skull-cap and long legal robe, from his waist hangs a bag like that of the Great Seal, on which the royal arms are replaced by a crown and anchor and having a skull at each corner. His head is in profile to the left and he scowls with fiercely protruding lips. He holds up a large sheaf of paper headed 'Black List', his pen touching the last word of the inscription (a parody of Richard III): 'Beware of N--rf--k! --P--tl--d loves us not! - The R--ss--l's will not join us The Man of the People [Fox] has lived too long for us! The Friends of the People must be blasted by us! Sherridan, Ersk[ine].' On one of the door-posts is a narrow slit inscribed 'Anonymous - Letter Box'. The door of the famous tavern appears to be correctly depicted, but its lamps are surmounted by royal crowns."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Part of imprint scored through with an etched line.
Temporary local subject terms: Societies: Crown & Anchor -- Architectural details: doorway -- Lighting: tavern lamps -- Male costume: legal robes -- Literature: parody of Shakespeare's Richard III, i.3 -- Letter-boxes -- Travesties -- Propaganda -- Inquisitions: British inquisition -- Taverns: Crown & Anchor -- Lists: black lists -- Great Seal: travesty of the Great Seal -- Allusion to the 3rd Duke of Portland -- Allusion to the Russell family -- Allusion to the Friends of People.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.0 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 39.1 x 28.8 cm.
Mounted on leaf 30 of volume 3 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 34.8 x 25.0 cm, on sheet 42 x 30 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. 3
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Etchings England London 1793 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Crown & Anchor Soc
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823.
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. - Subjects
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Crown & Anchor Soc
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
England > 1793
England > London > 1793
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
- Catalog Record
- 7942193
- Object ID (OID)
- 11811409
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