Notorious characters. No. 1 [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Notorious characters. No. 1 [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1 December 1797]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1797, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
- Abstract
-
"A travesty of a half length portrait of S. Ireland: ('Hamilton pinxt S = Ireland fect.'). In both Ireland wears the dress of a Rubens picture, cf. BMSat 7020, and looks over his right shoulder, holding up folds of drapery which hang from the left shoulder. The original is young and handsome, with well-dressed hair, tied and falling on his shoulder. [The B.M. impression is dated in a contemporary hand 'Octr 1785'. Listed in Bromley's 'Catalogue', p. 390.] Gillray follows closely the pose and dress of the original, but the head is that of an older man, with a sly smile; his short curling hair recedes from his forehead. In his hand is a book, 'Ireland Shakspe . . .' ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched above image.
Two lines of text, followed by two lines of verse, below title: Mr. Bromley, in his Catalogue, &c., p. 390, has erroneously put this portrait into his seventh class ...
Ten lines of text and verse below image: Inscription under a picture of the editor of Shakespeare's manuscripts, 1796, by the Revd. William Mason, author of Elfrida & Caractacus ...
Temporary local subject terms: Forgery: literary forgery -- Forgers -- Literature: reference to John Milton, 1608-1674 -- Literature: Reference to John Dryden, 1634-1700 -- Reference to Wiilliam Mason, 1725-1797 -- Reference to George Steevens, 1736-1800.
1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.0 x 14.4 cm, on sheet 32.7 x 23.3 cm.
Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1817.
Mounted on leaf 60 of volume 9 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 23.0 x 14.3 cm, on sheet 24 x 15 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. 9
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Portraits
Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Stipple engravings England London 1797
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1817 - Material
- stipple engraving with etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Ireland, Samuel, -1800
- Subjects
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Ireland, Samuel, -1800 > Caricatures and cartoons
Ireland, Samuel, -1800 > Portraits
England > 1797
England > London > 1797
J. Whatman Turkey Mills > 1817
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
- Catalog Record
- 8153687
- Object ID (OID)
- 11860597
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