Britannia [graphic]

Description

Title: Britannia [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [25 June 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 25th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Abstract: "A comic map of England formed by an old woman seated in profile to the left on the back of a dolphin-like monster, whose open mouth (right) represents the 'Thames', the two points of its tail being 'Lands End' and 'Lizard Point'. She holds a trident in her left hand. Her right hand (on which is a dove) and right foot form the north of Wales and the north of the the Bristol Channel. The peak of her cap is 'Berwick'. Many other names are inscribed round the coast. The sea forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Questionable attribution to Gillray from the British Museum catalogue.
Mounted on leaf 9 of volume 8 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 : plate mark 27.0 x 20 cm, on sheet 29.5 x 22 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Material: etching with aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1791
England > London > 1791
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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