[The recording angel] [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- [The recording angel] [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Frontispiece, Britannicus to Buonaparte : an heroic epistle
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
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Tresham, Henry, 1749?-1814 artist.
Hatchard, John, 1768-1849 publisher. - Published / Created
- [1 November 1803]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd Novr. 1st, 1803, for the author by I. Hatchard, No. 199 Piccadilly, London
- Abstract
-
"In the upper part of the design the Recording Angel (or Truth) draws or engraves on an oval shield which she rests on a pedestal. On it are depicted French soldiers bayoneting defenceless Turks (apparently adapted from BMSat 10062). In the background are the head of a Sphinx, and clouds. Against the pedestal on which Truth stands rests a picture, filling the lower part of the design. Napoleon kneels on a rock, extending imploring arms towards Nilus, a nude and muscular figure seated on rock from which water gushes. Nilus veils and averts his head. In the background are pyramids and palm-trees."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title devised by cataloger; varying form of title from British Museum catalogue.
Frontispiece to the second edition of Britannicus to Buonaparte, an heroic epistle, with notes / by Henry Tresham.
1 print : etching with aquatint, stipple & roulette on wove paper ; sheet 27.8 x 20.9 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 12 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 29.7 x 21.7 cm, on sheet 30 x 22 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 12
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1803
Etchings England London 1803
Book illustrations England London 1803
Frontispieces - Material
- etching with aquatint, stipple & roulette ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subjects
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > 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
- 8408925
- Object ID (OID)
- 11861469
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