Blood & Co. setting fire to the tower & stealing the crown [graphic].

Creator:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.

Published/Created:

[London]
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
1788 July 26

Copyright Date:

[26 July 1788]

Physical Description:

1 print : aquatint & etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.8 x 35.3 cm

Related Links:

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/brbldl_getrec.asp?fld=img&id=11811348

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Following imprint: Price 1 s.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
CtY-LW
Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Lord John Townshend, 1757-1833 -- Allusion to Captain Mason, fl. 1671 -- Allusion to Thomas Blood, 1618?-1680 -- Tower of London -- Burning of White Tower -- Medical Signs: Pills -- Leake's -- Crowns -- Sceptres -- Orbs -- Election favours -- Attempted thievery: Blood and Mason, 1671 -- Perogatives: Fox's attempt to steal -- Torches: firebrand.

Abstract:

"Fox, followed by Burke and Sheridan, hastily leaves a vaulted archway from which issue smoke and flames. George Hanger (left) runs in front, holding a burning firebrand; behind him is the White Tower in flames. Fox carries the crown which he partly conceals under his voluminous coat. Burke, dressed as a Jesuit (cf. BMSat 6026), holds the sceptre; he looks with satisfaction at Sheridan, who takes his arm. Sheridan holds the orb; in his hat is an election favour inscribed 'Townsend'. Hanger wears a cocked hat with an election favour, his military coat and tight breeches are in rags; under his arm is a sack labelled 'Unmill'd Coin'. Torn bills pasted on the wall behind Fox's head are inscribed 'the Westminster Election; for the Interest of Lord J. Townsd', and 'Leak's Pills'."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Blood and Co. setting fire to the tower and stealing the crown
Blood and Company setting fire to the tower and stealing the crown

Topics:

Political elections--England--London.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Great Britain.--Parliament--Elections, 1788.
Hanger, George,--1751?-1824--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Townshend, John,--Lord.

Language:

English

Genre:

Aquatints--England--London--1788.
Etchings--England--London--1788.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1788.

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

Source Created:

London
1778-1811

Source Note:

Political Series

Call Number:

788.07.26.01+
788.07.26.01+ Impression 1
788.07.26.01+ Impression 2
Auchincloss Gillray v. 2

Folder:

Folder II-45b

Orbis Record:

8107953

Yale Collection:

LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings

Digital Collection:

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

oid pointer:

11811348

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7354

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11811271

PID:

digcoll:3999730