Anecdote maçonnique [graphic] / dessiné par un Frere Maçon, temoin de la scêne = A Masonic anecdote / design'd by a Brother Mason, a witness of the scene.

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Description

Title: Anecdote maçonnique [graphic] / dessiné par un Frere Maçon, temoin de la scêne = A Masonic anecdote / design'd by a Brother Mason, a witness of the scene.
Alternative Title: Masonic anecdote
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Cagliostro, Alessandro,--conte di,--1743-1795--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: 1786 November 21
Copyright Date: [21 November 1786]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Abstract: "A masonic feast: in the centre of the room on a platform is an empty armchair decorated with a masonic symbol. Below it and on the right is a table with punch-bowl, glasses, candles, &c, behind which are the English members of the Lodge, some seated, others standing. On the left sit the French members, the most prominent being Cagliostro; all wear masonic aprons. ... "--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Captions in French and English etched under each title, respectively.
CtY-LW
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark, and imprint statement mostly erased from sheet; imprint from British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Trades: hairdresser -- Hairdressers: Mr. Barker, King Street, Bloomsbury -- Opticians: Mr. Mash -- Interior of the Freemasons' Lodge of Antiquity -- Freemasons' symbols -- Furniture: dining table -- Upholstered chair -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Glass decanter -- Glass bottle -- Wine glasses -- Punch bowls.
Thirty lines of verse in English below image on right, under the heading, "Abstract of the Arabian Count's memoirs": Born God knows where, supported God knows how ...
Thirty lines of verse in French below image on left, under the heading, "Abregè de l'histoire du Comte Arabe": Nè Dieu sait où, maintenu Dieu sait comme ...
Titles in English and French etched above image.
Extent: 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 51.7 x 45.8 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Auchincloss Gillray v. 7

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1786.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1786.
Watermarks (Paper)--CtY-LW
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Cagliostro, Alessandro,--conte di,--1743-1795--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.

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.
Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7010
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 379***
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 83

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 7779896
Object ID (OID): 11859198