The nuptial-bower [graphic] : with the Evil-One peeping at the charms of Eden, from Milton / Js. Gy. invt. & fect.

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11823822

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Title
The nuptial-bower [graphic] : with the Evil-One peeping at the charms of Eden, from Milton / Js. Gy. invt. & fect.
Alternative Title
To the nuptial-bower he led her, blushing like the morn
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Buckinghamshire, Eleanor Hobart,--Countess of,--1777-1851--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Copyright Date
[13 February 1797]
Abstract

"Pitt, grotesquely thin and much caricatured, leads Eleanor Eden, a conventionally pretty woman, towards a bower (right) covered with a vine bearing many bunches of grapes interspersed with coronets. Within it are three large sacks inscribed '£'. His left hand is on her back, his right points to the bower. She advances demurely, a fan inscribed 'Treasury' held before her face. A Cupid with a torch flies before them. The Devil, a fat nude creature with webbed wings and the face of Fox, crouches behind the bower (right), impotently gnashing his teeth and clenching his fists. Ribbons with the jewels and star of an order are twined in the bower; more coronets and a star emerge from the ground. ..."--British Museum online catalogue.

Description
One line of quoted text to left of title: "To the nuptial-bower he led her, blushing like the morn."
Title etched at bottom of image.
Extent
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26 x 36 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. 4

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Etchings--England--London--1797.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1797.
Watermarks (Paper)--CtY-LW
Subject (Name)
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Buckinghamshire, Eleanor Hobart,--Countess of,--1777-1851--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.

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. 7, no. 8985
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 218

Identifiers

Orbis Record
8131626
Object ID (OID)
11823822

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