Grace before meat, or, A peep at Lord Peter's [graphic].
- Published/Created:
- [London]
W. M. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand - Copyright Date:
- [ca. November 1778]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 30 x 41 cm
- Notes:
- Also attributed to Gillray.
Date from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image. - Abstract:
- George III at table with the queen and seated between Lord and Lady Petre with nine other persons while a tall monk stands on the left saying grace. A crucifix and picture of a saint on the wall mark this as an anti-Catholic satire occasioned by the King's visit to Lord Petre in October of 1778 after the passing of the Catholic Relief Act.
- Variant Titles:
- Peep at Lord Peter's
- Topics:
- Anti-Catholicism.
Clothing & dress--England--1770-1780.
Dining tables.
Monks.
Prayer. - Topics:
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Charlotte,--Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain,--1744-1818--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, attributed name.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Petre, Robert Edward Petre,--Baron,--1742-1801--Caricatures and cartoons. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1778.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1778. - Format:
- Image
- 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.
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Orbis Record:
- 6694880
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- General Collection, BRBL, Yale University
- oid pointer:
- 11810312
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5489
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 28 - Extent of digitization:
- Complete folder digitized.
- OID:
- 11810237
- PID:
- digcoll:3999475
