Le boureau [graphic]
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11823849
Description
- Title
- Le boureau [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Bourreau
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [18 April 1798]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. April 18th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"Tierney (right), directed to the left, stands on a scaffold beside a guillotine, on which his right hand rests. He wears a round hat with a red feather and small tricolour cockade, a black cloak, below which appear his own striped stockings and half-boots. The blade of the guillotine is raised; it drips blood, as does the aperture for the victim's neck. Behind, the heads of a crowd, all wearing the bonnet-rouge, look up at the scaffold. On the right is a house."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Sixth plate in the series "French habits." First plate in the series has series title "Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: French costume: Directory executioner.
1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.3 x 19.5 cm, on sheet 36.5 x 27.2 cm.
Mounted on leaf 46 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 25 x 20 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 wtih stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Tierney, George, 1761-1830
- Subjects
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Tierney, George, 1761-1830 > 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
- 8163113
- Object ID (OID)
- 11823849