Alecto and her train at the gate of Pandaemonium, or, The recruiting sarjeant enlisting John Bull into the Revolution Service [graphic].

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16192416

Description

Title
Alecto and her train at the gate of Pandaemonium, or, The recruiting sarjeant enlisting John Bull into the Revolution Service [graphic].
Alternative Title
Recruiting sarjeant enlisting John Bull into the Revolution Service
Contributor
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Published / Created
[1807?]
Publication Place
London?
Publisher
publisher not identified
Description
Title etched below image.
Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record.
A reduced copy of a print with the same title that was etched by Gillray and published 4 July 1791 by S.W. Fores. Cf. No. 7889 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Plate numbered "51" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges, with partial loss of title lettering from bottom edge.
Watermark: 1817.
Leaf 3 in volume 2.
Provenance
Bound in the set of five volumes, formerly owned by Henry Arthur Johnstone. Binding: red morocco with his initials stamped in gold on the front cover in a shield with crossed swords and three floral stamps above and one below; also four floral stamps on spine with volume number and spine title in gold: The caricature magazine. Leather endpapers with his ex libris blind stamped on front flyleaf -- a boat with large sail, with a cutout in the shape of the sun in upper left. Myers; May 1942.
Extent
1 print : sheet 25.6 x 42 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 W87 807 v.2
Collection Title
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Collection/Other Creator
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Watermarks (Paper) 1817
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic)
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Subjects
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1807
England > London > 1807
1817
Johnstone, Henry Arthur > Ownership

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Orbis Record
12851345
Object ID (OID)
16192416

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