Cambridge-commencement sermon, July 2nd, 1809, A.M [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Cambridge-commencement sermon, July 2nd, 1809, A.M [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [18 October 1809]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Octr. 18th, 1809, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"A preacher in a bulky gown almost fills an hexagonal pulpit, in which he stands full face, the right hand raised in exhortation, left on a book which rests on the tasselled cushion. His face is repulsively sub-human, with broad flattened nose, scowling forehead, eyes slanting up from the nose, long upper lip and wide curved mouth, with short hair and whiskers, and suggests an embodiment of evil. The head is ironically irradiated by the fan-shaped carving at the back of the pulpit from which winged heads look down at the preacher. At the base of the design and obscuring the lower part of the pulpit is a cloud radiating flashes of lightning."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched at bottom of image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Text below title: "For the Devil could quote scripture, he was up to that." Extract verbat. et literat.
Mounted on leaf 69 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 25.5 x 21 cm, on sheet 27.9 x 23 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 1809
Etchings England London 1809
Aquatints England London 1809 - Material
- etching & aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1809
England > London > 1809
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
- 12525493
- Object ID (OID)
- 11861211
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