Lord N-h in a fix [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Lord N-h in a fix [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Lord North in a fix
- Creator
- Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
- Contributor
- Field & Tuer, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1868?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Field & Tuer
- Abstract
-
"North, fat and ungainly, seated on a close-stool, his chin supported on his hands, his face is contorted and he clutches 'The London Courant', one of the most bitter of the anti-ministerial newspapers ..."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Questionable attribution to J.K. Sherwin from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue.
Restrike, with alterations to the lettering and to the depicted stool to remove scatology, of a print published ca. April 1782 with the title "L N on the stool of repentance or the ill effects of meddling with salts". For original issue of the plate, see no. 5977 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
Temporary local subject terms: Close-stools -- Newspapers: London Courant -- Taxes: Salt -- Prudery.
On leaf 12 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. - Provenance
- Gift of Addison Van Name to Yale University Library, 1919. Transferred from Yale University Library; November 1967.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 19.7 x 17 cm, on sheet 59 x 43 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Leaf 12. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Collection/Other Creator
- Tuer, Andrew White, 1838-1900, collector.
- Collection Date
- [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1868
Restrikes - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
- Subject (Topic)
-
Stools
Newspapers - Subjects
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North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Stools
Newspapers
England > 1782
England > London > 1868
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
- 15538072
- Object ID (OID)
- 17355882
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