Leaf 6. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A press-gang at work in a London street, at the end of which appears the dome of St. Paul's. A sailor (center) strides towards the spectator, a club in his right. hand, dragging along a lean tailor, who holds up his hands in dismay. An infuriated woman (left) has seized the sailor by his hair and the right ear while she pummels him with her knee. Another sailor behind has seized her wrist and raises a club to strike her. A third sailor (right) holds the tailor by the left arm. A naval officer (right) walks beside the party with a drawn cutlass. Behind are other sailors. A woman (left) wearing stays or 'jumps' raises a mop in both hands to smite a sailor; an infant clutches her petticoats. A group of spectators (left) includes a woman carrying a baby. A dog barks at the fray."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 5609 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?], Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, page 29., and On leaf 6 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 15th, 1779, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
