We explain de rights of man to de noblesse [graphic] : scene, the House of Lords / Sir John Dalrymple, inv. ; Js. Gillray fecit.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50033402
- Copyright Date:
- [1 March 1798]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 34.8 x 41 cm, on sheet 37 x 43 cm.
- Notes:
- "Price 6 d. Colourd. 1 sh. 3 d."
Three columns of text below image: Description. A guillotine, which is placed on the throne ...
Title etched below 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.
- Variant Titles:
- Consequences of a successful French invasion ; no. I, plate 2d
- Topics:
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Dalrymple, John, Sir, 1726-1810, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85199363
Damiens, Robert François,--1715-1757.--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80146654
Felton, John,--1595?-1628.--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93019324
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50033402
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Ravaillac, François,--1578-1610.--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84204268 - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Annotations (Provenance)--18th century.--CtY-LW
Etchings--England--London--1798.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1798.
Watermarks (Paper)--CtY-LW - 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. 4
- Orbis Record:
- 9788176
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- General Collection, BRBL, Yale University
- oid pointer:
- 11824045
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9181
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 179
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 236 - Volume/Enumeration:
- No. I, Plate 2
- Extent of digitization:
- Complete folder digitized.
- OID:
- 11823839
- PID:
- digcoll:3999813
