- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.03.01.04++ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Under the title: 'Description. - A Guillotine, which is placed on the Throne; the royal Chairs being removed, pour accomoder les Etrangers, (in English) To accommodate the Strangers. Two Turkish Mutes, with strangling Bowstrings, each his hand on his Mouth, stand as Supporters. The House empty of Peers. On a Board is written, "Solitudinem faciunt, Pacem appellant". (in English)" They (that is, the French) "create Solitude, and call it Peace". - The Cap of Liberty [Liberté] above the Canopy, below which is painted in capital Letters, "Confusion to all Order". - A French Admiral [right], looking at the Tapestry, which represents the Defeat of ye Spanish invincible Armada, & the Portraits of the Immortal English Commanders, says "Me like not de Omen; destroy it." French Soldiers with Swords, Pikes, & screwed Bayonets, attack the Tapestry, on one Side of the Room [right]. A Sea Captain, on the Top of a Ladder [left], tears down ye Tapestry from above ; his Lieutenant sets fire to it below, & at the same Time pulls the Foot of the Ladder, to break his Superior's Neck; saying, "This is an easier Way of getting Preferment than de English Way." - "Un Commandant en Chef (in English) The Commander in Chief, in his full Republican Uniform, pointing at the Mace says, "Here take away this Bauble; but if there be any Gold on it, send it to my Lodging." - A [ragged] French Soldier carries it away on his Shoulder. The Bust of Felton [assassin of Buckingham, 1628] on the Table, in the Middle between those of Damien & Ravillac.' [Dalrymple, op. cit., pp. 3-4.] See BMSat 9180."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "Price 6 d. Colourd. 1 sh. 3 d.", Three columns of text below image: Description. A guillotine, which is placed on the throne ..., Temporary local subject terms: Threat of French invasion -- Interior of House of Lords -- Allusion to Spanish Armada -- Cap of Liberty -- Strangling Turkish bowstrings -- Bayoneted guns with screws -- Military: French soldiers -- French navy officers -- French naval uniforms -- French military uniforms -- Mute Turks -- Theft of maces -- Ships: Galleons -- Ladders -- Thrones -- Tapestries -- Pikes -- Busts -- Guillotines -- Propaganda -- Swords -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Torches., and Watermark: 1794 J. Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 1st, 1798, by Js. Gillray, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Felton, John, 1595?-1628., Damiens, Robert François, 1715-1757., and Ravaillac, François, 1578-1610.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > We explain de rights of man to de noblesse scene, the House of Lords / [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 March 1798]
- Call Number:
- 798.03.01.04++ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Under the title: 'Description. - A Guillotine, which is placed on the Throne; the royal Chairs being removed, pour accomoder les Etrangers, (in English) To accommodate the Strangers. Two Turkish Mutes, with strangling Bowstrings, each his hand on his Mouth, stand as Supporters. The House empty of Peers. On a Board is written, "Solitudinem faciunt, Pacem appellant". (in English)" They (that is, the French) "create Solitude, and call it Peace". - The Cap of Liberty [Liberté] above the Canopy, below which is painted in capital Letters, "Confusion to all Order". - A French Admiral [right], looking at the Tapestry, which represents the Defeat of ye Spanish invincible Armada, & the Portraits of the Immortal English Commanders, says "Me like not de Omen; destroy it." French Soldiers with Swords, Pikes, & screwed Bayonets, attack the Tapestry, on one Side of the Room [right]. A Sea Captain, on the Top of a Ladder [left], tears down ye Tapestry from above ; his Lieutenant sets fire to it below, & at the same Time pulls the Foot of the Ladder, to break his Superior's Neck; saying, "This is an easier Way of getting Preferment than de English Way." - "Un Commandant en Chef (in English) The Commander in Chief, in his full Republican Uniform, pointing at the Mace says, "Here take away this Bauble; but if there be any Gold on it, send it to my Lodging." - A [ragged] French Soldier carries it away on his Shoulder. The Bust of Felton [assassin of Buckingham, 1628] on the Table, in the Middle between those of Damien & Ravillac.' [Dalrymple, op. cit., pp. 3-4.] See BMSat 9180."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "Price 6 d. Colourd. 1 sh. 3 d.", Three columns of text below image: Description. A guillotine, which is placed on the throne ..., Temporary local subject terms: Threat of French invasion -- Interior of House of Lords -- Allusion to Spanish Armada -- Cap of Liberty -- Strangling Turkish bowstrings -- Bayoneted guns with screws -- Military: French soldiers -- French navy officers -- French naval uniforms -- French military uniforms -- Mute Turks -- Theft of maces -- Ships: Galleons -- Ladders -- Thrones -- Tapestries -- Pikes -- Busts -- Guillotines -- Propaganda -- Swords -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Torches., 1 print on wove paper : etching with engraving in red ink ; sheet 35.1 x 40.5 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered in ms. in right margin: 248., and Partial watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 1st, 1798, by Js. Gillray, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Felton, John, 1595?-1628., Damiens, Robert François, 1715-1757., and Ravaillac, François, 1578-1610.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > We explain de rights of man to de noblesse scene, the House of Lords / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 December 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.12.23.01+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A burlesque of Fuseli's well-known picture illustrating 'Macbeth', i. 3. The three witches are Dundas, Pitt, and Thurlow, in profile to the right instead of to the left. Fuseli's drapery is replaced by clouds, and the three gaze with reflective and apprehensive intensity at the moon (right): the Queen's smiling profile in a brightly lit crescent faces them, enclosing the old moon, the darkened head of the King (eclipsed), with closed eyes in profile to the right. Each witch presses the fingers of his left hand (drawn with much expressiveness) to his lips (- 'each at once her choppy finger laying upon her skinny lips'); the outstretched left arm of Fuseli's picture is absent: they appear to be seeking knowledge of the future from the moon, not foretelling it."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Wierd sisters, ministers of darkness, minions of the moon and Weird sisters, ministers of darkness, minions of the moon
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Dedication etched above image: To H. Fuzelli Esqr. this attempt in the caricatura-sublime, is respectfully dedicated., and One line quotation below title: "They should be women! and yet their beards forbid us to interpret, that they are so."
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Decr. 23d, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Subject (Topic):
- Adaptations, parodies, etc, Regency, Politics and government, Eclipses, Moon, Politicians, Sun, and Witches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Wierd-sisters [sic], minister's of darkness, minions of the moon [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 December 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.12.23.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A burlesque of Fuseli's well-known picture illustrating 'Macbeth', i. 3. The three witches are Dundas, Pitt, and Thurlow, in profile to the right instead of to the left. Fuseli's drapery is replaced by clouds, and the three gaze with reflective and apprehensive intensity at the moon (right): the Queen's smiling profile in a brightly lit crescent faces them, enclosing the old moon, the darkened head of the King (eclipsed), with closed eyes in profile to the right. Each witch presses the fingers of his left hand (drawn with much expressiveness) to his lips (- 'each at once her choppy finger laying upon her skinny lips'); the outstretched left arm of Fuseli's picture is absent: they appear to be seeking knowledge of the future from the moon, not foretelling it."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Wierd sisters, ministers of darkness, minions of the moon and Weird sisters, ministers of darkness, minions of the moon
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Dedication etched above image: To H. Fuzelli Esqr. this attempt in the caricatura-sublime, is respectfully dedicated., One line quotation below title: "They should be women! and yet their beards forbid us to interpret, that they are so.", and Mounted.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Decr. 23d, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Subject (Topic):
- Adaptations, parodies, etc, Regency, Politics and government, Eclipses, Moon, Politicians, Sun, and Witches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Wierd-sisters [sic], minister's of darkness, minions of the moon [graphic].