Membre du Directoire Exécutif [graphic] / Js. Gy. d. & ft.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- [18 April 1798]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching wtih stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25 x 20 cm
- Notes:
- Fourth plate in the series "French habits." First plate in the series has series title "Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries."
Title etched below image. - Abstract:
- "Bedford, conventionally handsome, stands in the 'grand costume' of a Director, its magnificence heightened by Gillray. His hat is turned up with enormous tricolour ostrich-feathers. Over his blue tunic is a long red cloak, lined with white, which trails on the ground. He wears a lace collar, a white sash with gold tassels, a large sabre. Tunic and cloak are heavily embroidered in gold. He stands in a commanding attitude, his head turned in profile to the left, his right arm extended with pointing forefinger. The walls and pillar (right) of a palatial building form a background. Round the pillar is draped a gold-fringed curtain embroidered 'Egalite'; it is tied back to show a ducal coronet and the (Bedford) motto 'Che sara [sara]'."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Variant Titles:
- French habits ; no. 4
- Topics:
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Bedford, Francis Russell,--Duke of,--1765-1802--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
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:
- 8163086
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- General Collection, BRBL, Yale University
- oid pointer:
- 11824053
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9199
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 239 - Volume/Enumeration:
- No. 4
- Extent of digitization:
- Complete folder digitized.
- OID:
- 11823847
- PID:
- digcoll:4000192
