Britannia between death and the doctor's "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Britannia between death and the doctor's "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [20 May 1804]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd May 20th 1804 by H. Humphrey
- Abstract
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A satire of Pitt's return to office in 1804. Pitt is shown in the chamber of Britannia. Britannia sits listlessly on a bed, holding a sword in one hand. Next to her, leaning against the bed, is her shield and olive branches. Pitt holds aloft a bottle labelled "Constitutional Restorative" as he kicks another man, a caricature of Addington, through the door. Addington is in the process of dropping a bottle labelled "Composing Draft". With his other foot, Pitt steps on the face of a flailing and prostrate Fox, who holds a bottle labelled "Rebublican Balsam" towards Britannia. From Fox's pocket dice and a dice container labelled "Whig Pills" have fallen. Emerging from behind the bed curtains, the figure of Death, a skeleton with the face and plumed bicorne of Napoleon, overturns a table and upsets bottles of medicine and points his sword toward the unsuspecting Britannia
- Description
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Title etched below image.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.5 x 37.5 cm, on sheet 28.9 x 41.5 cm.
Mounted on leaf 73 of volume 5 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 37.4 x 25.3 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. 5
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Cartoons (Commentary) British 1800-1810
Satires (Visual works) England 1789
Etchings England London 1789 - Material
- engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name)
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Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 - Subject (Topic)
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Britannia (Symbolic character)
Politics & government - Subjects
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Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character) > 1800-1810
Politics & government > Great Britain > 1800-1810
British > 1800-1810
England > 1789
England > London > 1789
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
- Orbis Record
- 11772202
- Object ID (OID)
- 11858827