The Bulstrode siren [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The Bulstrode siren [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [14 April 1803]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. April 14th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
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"The Duke of Portland and Mrs. Billington sit side by side on a settee; she sings to him, he listens ecstatically, with clasped hands, his head turned in profile to the right., staring with amorous intensity. She holds her music, but looks alluringly at the Duke; her notes ascend until lost in the shaded upper part of the design: 'ha, ha, ha, a, ha, a, ha, a, ha, he, he, he, ho, o, o, o, ha, o, ho, o,o, o... [&c. &c.]'. Portland wears an old-fashioned court suit and Garter ribbon; he is thin except for gouty swollen legs and feet. At his feet is an open music-book: 'Epithalamium pour l'Hereux [sic] Nuit.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched above image.
Four lines of quoted verse below image: "Blest as th' immortal gods is he, "the youth, who fondly sits by thee, "and sees and hears thee all the while, "softly sing, and sweetly smile.
Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 11 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 35.8 x 26 cm, on sheet 38.5 x 30 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1803
Etchings England London 1803
Stipple engravings England London 1803 - Material
- etching & stipple engraving with roulette ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809 - Subjects
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Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1803
England > London > 1803
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
- 12517190
- Object ID (OID)
- 11861148
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