The generae of patriotism, or, The Bloomsbury farmer planting Bedfordshire wheat [graphic] / Js. Gy. desn. et fect.

Creator:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[3 February 1796]

Physical Description:

1 print : aquatint, etching & engraving with stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25 x 35 cm

Abstract:

"The Duke of Bedford, a stalwart, handsome and smiling farmer, strides (left to right) across a newly ploughed field, scattering guineas from a pouch slung to his shoulder; on his back is a large sack inscribed '£'. As he sows the tips of bonnets-rouges and daggers sprout up; behind him (left) they progressively emerge more completely, and appear as little Jacobins, a raised dagger in each hand, crowding in close ranks towards the horizon, where they hail (or are smitten by) thunderbolts which dart from clouds in the upper left corner of the design and explode on reaching the ground. The soil is prepared by Fox, Sheridan, and Lauderdale: Fox's smiling face is the centre of a sun which issues from clouds and shines on Bedford. A bull (John Bull) is harnessed to a plough which is guided by Sheridan wearing a bonnet-rouge. Lauderdale (bare-headed) raises a whip to flog the weary bull."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Bloomsbury farmer planting Bedfordshire wheat

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Bedford, Francis Russell,--Duke of,--1765-1802--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Lauderdale, James Maitland,--Earl of,--1759-1839--Caricatures and cartoons.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.

Language:

English

Genre:

Aquatints--England--London--1796.
Engravings--England--London--1796.
Etchings--England--London--1796.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1796.

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:

8061615

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11824011

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8783
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 200

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11823805

PID:

digcoll:4000245