Political-ravishment, or, The old lady of Threadneedle-Street in danger! [graphic] / Js. Gy. d. & fect.

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Title: Political-ravishment, or, The old lady of Threadneedle-Street in danger! [graphic] / Js. Gy. d. & fect.
Alternative Title: Old lady of Threadneedle-Street in danger
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Copyright Date: [22 May 1797]
Abstract: "The 'Old Lady' is a thin old harridan, dressed entirely in 'One' pound notes, and seated on an iron-studded treasure-chest inscribed 'Bank of England', fastened by two heavy padlocks. She shrieks and throws up her skinny arms at Pitt's advances: he has taken a long stride towards her from the right, his right hand round her waist; his left dips into a cavernous pocket and takes out guineas. Their profiles almost touch, and he appears about to kiss her. She shrieks: "Murder! - murder! - Rape! - murder! - O you Villain! - what have I kept my Honor untainted so long, to have it broke up, by you at last ? - O murder! - Rape! - Ravishment! - Ruin! - Ruin! - Ruin!!!" Pitt's hat lies on the ground; beneath it is a scroll headed 'Loans'. A lightly sketched arc of the rotunda of the Bank forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26 x 37 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1797.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1797.
Watermarks (Paper)--J. Whatman.--CtY-BR
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.

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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9016
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 220