- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1791 November 1
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A large chamber-pot, cracked, stands (left) supported by the legs of Mrs. Jordan. The Duke of Clarence has thrust his head and shoulders within a fissure in the 'Jordan', singing a chanty, "Yeo! Yee! Yeo!" He is in back view and wears striped sailor's trousers; his naval coat with its star hangs on the wall (right)."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Alternative Title:
- Crack'd Jordan and Cracked Jordan
- Description:
- Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., Jordan, Dorothy,--1761-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., and William--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1765-1837--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Chamber pots.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lubber's-hole, alias, The crack'd Jordan [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1791 October 18
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "An oval bust portrait (caricature) of the Duke of Clarence, looking to the right, staring and smiling. His hair is shaggy and uncurled. He wears a large round hat, and naval uniform with his star."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description:
- One line of quoted text below title: "Those lips were made for kissing, ladies!", Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and William--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1765-1837--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Nauticus [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1791 October 24
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A large bed, its head surmounted with the Royal Arms (sketchily burlesqued), and with loosely draped curtains, extends almost across the design. In it the Duke of Clarence lies asleep, Mrs. Jordan sits up with a rapt air, saying, "What pleasant Dreams I have "had To-night! methought I was in Paradise, upon a bed of Violets & Roses, "and the sweetest Husband by my side! . . ." [&c. &c] a quotation from Coffey's play 'The Devil to pay: or, the Wives metamorphosed'. Nell Jobson the cobbler's wife finds herself (temporarily) in the place of Sir John's lady. See Baker, 'Biog. Dram.', 1812, ii. 161. On a chair (left) are the Duke's naval coat and a pair of breeches; on a stool (right) a petticoat and pair of stays. Under the bed is a chamber-pot inscribed 'Public Jord[an] open to all Parties'."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Alternative Title:
- Neptune reposing after fording the Jordan, Wife metamorphos'd, and Wife metamorphosed
- Description:
- Eleven lines of quoted verse, in three columns, etched below image: "Ten thousand transports wait, to crown my happy state ...", Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, printmaker., Jordan, Dorothy,--1761-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., and William--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1765-1837--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The devil to pay [graphic] : the wife metamorphos'd, or, Neptune reposing after fording the Jordan.