Councellor Ego, i.e. Little i, Myself i [graphic]

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Title: Councellor Ego, i.e. Little i, Myself i [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Wright, J. 1770?-1844, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 October 1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publishd. Octr. 1st, 1798, by J. Wright, No. 169 Piccadilly, London
Abstract: Erskine stands directed to the left, gazing straight before him; in his right hand is a sheet covered with repetitions of 'i' and 'me', and ending 'iiiiii me me me'. He wears counsellor's wig and gown, and bands. Above his head is a cap of Liberty with tricolour cockade. There is a background of low clouds
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate from: The Anti-Jacobin review and magazine, or, Monthly politique and literary censor. London, 1798, v. 1, page 355.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 19.2 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 21.4 x 14.4 cm.
Mounted on leaf 68 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 : sheet 20 x 12 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Periodical illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Stipple engravings England London 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Material: etching & stipple engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Subject (Topic): Lawyers
Liberty cap
Subjects: Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lawyers
Liberty cap
England > 1798
England > London > 1798
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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