Posting in Scotland [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Posting in Scotland [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
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Smith, Charles Loraine, 1751-1835, artist.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- [25 May 1805]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd May 25th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"A very clumsy post-chaise descends a mountain road across a bare moor. On approaching a hair-pin bend the fore-heels have broken off, the chaise is about to upset, the occupant falls through the front window. A Highlander lies prone on the roof, saying to the unfortunate traveller: '" - Hald your Haund Mun, hold your haund! - en troth mun! e'n gin you na mind \ "yoursel, youl just make the Muckle Laird coupeing his Creels! - ' The chaise was drawn by a horse and ass; on the latter, which kicks violently, sits a primitive postilion; the traces are of rope. A shepherd (the muckle laird) reclines in the elbow of the road in the foreground; his dog barks at the chaise, which is followed by a man on a donkey. Horned sheep with tattered fleeces and bare rumps are beside the shepherd (r.). All four Scots are bare-footed, and have bare posteriors, the kilt being a mere apron."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Companion print to: "Posting in Ireland."
1 print : etching with aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 31.5 x 38.8 cm, on sheet 34.2 x 42.0 cm.
Mounted on leaf 33 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 31.5 x 38.5 cm, on sheet 33 x 44 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
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1805
Etchings England London 1805 - Material
- etching with aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1805
England > London > 1805
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
- 8509308
- Object ID (OID)
- 11861175
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