The apotheosis of Hoche [graphic] / Js. Gy. fect.

Creator:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[1798]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; image 49 x 38 cm

Notes:

Month of publication suggested as January in the British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

The subject of this print, Lazare Hoche, was a general in the French Revolution. He is seen here seated on a rainbow which spans a landscape of devastation below. He plays a guillotine as if it were a lyre.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Hoche, Lazare,--1768-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1798.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1798.

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:

9294526

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11824042

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9156
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 250

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11823836

PID:

digcoll:4000104