Pillars of the Constitution [graphic] / Js. Gillray invt. & fect.

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Title: Pillars of the Constitution [graphic] / Js. Gillray invt. & fect.
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Norfolk, Charles Howard,--Duke of,--1746-1815--Caricatures and cartoons.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Copyright Date: [1 February 1809]
Abstract: "Sheridan (left) and the Duke of Norfolk, bloated and senile, stagger tipsily on the pavement of St. James's Street, walking from the door of 'Brooks's' (right) which they have just left. Lamps light the façade of the club, part of which is visible with three (lighted) windows on the first floor. Sheridan holds the Duke's right arm, and raises his right fist in a rhetorical gesture, saying, "And now, have at the Ministry, Damme!"; in his pocket are papers: 'Motions for to Badger Ministry'. The Duke says: "and Now for the Majesty of the People!" From his coat-pocket projects a bottle of 'Port'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Text below title, in lower right: Three o'clock & a cloudy morning.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching with aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 37 x 27 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1809.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1809.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Norfolk, Charles Howard,--Duke of,--1746-1815--Caricatures and cartoons.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.

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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 11214
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 342
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 361