A hint to young officers vide Edinborg [sic] chronicle 1804. [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A hint to young officers vide Edinborg [sic] chronicle 1804. [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [9 July 1804]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publishd. July 9th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James Street
- Abstract
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"Lord Moira, a candle in each hand, stands in the doorway of his house. He wears a dressing-gown in place of a coat He has opened the door to a young officer, who steps forward unsteadily raising his cocked hat. An ugly watchman (l.) in Highland dress trudges to the left. holding his staff and lantern; he is the only figure who is caricatured. The architrave is surmounted by an earl's coronet. The dignified doorway is set in a wall of heavy stones and flanked by two windows high above the cobbled street."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Fifteen lines of verse in two columns below title: When loud the watchman cry'd the hour and call'd 'till he was hoarse ... Parody upon [the] Red Cross Knight.
Temporary local subject terms: Cocked Hat -- Highland Dress -- Lantern -- Watchman -- Door knocker.
1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 37.5 x 25.4 cm, on sheet 41.5 x 29.2 cm.
Mounted on leaf 23 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 37.7 x 25.5 cm, on sheet 43 x 29.5 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
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1804
Etchings England London 1804
Aquatints England London 1804
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching & aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
- Subjects
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Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1804
England > London > 1804
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
- 8444297
- Object ID (OID)
- 11861165
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