Lord Longbow, the alarmist, discovering the miseries of Ireland with the puffing out of the little farthing rush-light, & [the] story of Moll Coggin / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Lord Longbow, the alarmist, discovering the miseries of Ireland with the puffing out of the little farthing rush-light, & [the] story of Moll Coggin / [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [12 March 1798]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. March 12th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"Lord Moira, in regimentals, stands stiffly in profile to the left on the edge of a headland; in his right hand is an unstrung long-bow, much taller than himself. Across the water (left) is a fantastic night-scene in Ireland. Two soldiers by the waterside are seated over a large dish containing an infant which one is carving. The other, his hand on a barrel of 'Whiskey', drains the contents of a skull; human bones lie beside them. A little drummer beats his drum with bones. A soldier siezes a woman and is about to stab her with his bayonet. Behind this group a (?) woman is suspended by one wrist from three gigantic spears forming a tripod. Beside them (right) is a thatched cottage with a figure in distress just discernible through the door and with a lighted candle in the window. At this candle Moira is directing a blast (resembling a searchlight) from his pursed-up lips. On a cliff above the cottage a man supports in his arms a huge oak, in whose branches are many swans, some of which fly away to the right. Three frightened cows gallop off. Through the air, between Moira and the tree, gallops (right to left) a ram on which sits an old witch holding up a broom supporting a bonnet-rouge ; in her right hand she flourishes a bunch of serpents, emblem of discord or sedition. In the sky (right) behind Moira's head is a full moon with a grinning face which illuminates a semicircle of clouds surrounding Moira's head, its reflection making a broad path on the sea. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
"Price 1 sh. plain, 2 sh. col." -- Following imprint.
Three columns of text below title: Oh, my Lords, a man who walks erect like me, can plainly discover ...
One line of quoted text above image: "He had it from his father, who would tell you fifty in a breath--ay, & tell them,--'till he believ'd them all himself."
Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Ireland -- Soldiers: Irish soldiers -- Literature: George Ellis's Ode to Lord Moira -- Magazines: Anti-Jacobin -- Story of Moll Coggin -- Witches -- Emblems: serpents as symbol of discord -- Animals: rams -- Cannibalism -- Birds: swans -- Moon -- Spirits: whiskey.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.4 x 39.9 cm, on sheet 39.3 x 45.1 cm.
Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 4 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 36 x 40 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
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
- Subjects
-
Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1798
England > London > 1798
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
- 8161057
- Object ID (OID)
- 11823842