"An angel gliding on a sun-beam into Paradice," Milton [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- "An angel gliding on a sun-beam into Paradice," Milton [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Angel gliding on a sunbeam into Paradise
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [11 October 1791]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Octr. 11th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"Mrs. Schwellenberg, enormously fat and heavily laden, supported by small wings, floats or falls head foremost down a broad slanting ray, which extends from a sun with a crown in its centre in the upper right corner of the print and stretches across the sea to a castellated town flying a flag inscribed 'Hanover'. Half only of the crown and sun is visible. Her massive legs terminate in tiny feet. In her arms are two large money-bags, labelled 'Pr Ann.' and '£1000000'. Her bulging pocket hangs downwards, a rosary and cross hanging from it."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
One line of quoted text below title: "Down thither, prone in flight, lo Schwelly speeds, & with her brings the gems and spoils of Heav'n."
Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Angels -- Sunbeams -- Bags of money -- Rosaries -- House of Hanover -- Crowns -- Allusion to George III -- Allusion to Queen Charlotte -- Literature: altered quotation from John Milton's (1608-1674) Paradise Lost.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.5 x 21.1 cm, on sheet 30.5 x 22.8 cm.
Mounted on leaf 16 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 : sheet 28 x 22 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. 8
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797
- Subjects
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Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1791
England > London > 1791
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
- Orbis Record
- 7778357
- Object ID (OID)
- 11859365
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