Fighting for the dunghill, or, Jack Tar settling Buonaparte [graphic] / Js. Gillray invt. & ft.

Creator:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[20 November 1798]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27 x 37 cm

Notes:

Title etched below image.

Abstract:

"A British sailor, firmly planted astride the globe, is severely punishing Bonaparte, who, with one knee precariously on 'Turk[ey]' (Egypt), is about to fall backwards into space. Bonaparte wears a huge cocked hat, is naked from the waist, but wears sleeve-ruffles, according to the old gibe on the beggarly French fop. He is much emaciated, and gashed with wounds; 'Nelson' is inscribed on his solar plexus. Blood gushes from his nose. Jack Tar's right leg stretches across central Europe, the toe supported on 'Malta'. Clouds form a background."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Jack Tar settling Buonaparte

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons.

Language:

English

Genre:

Aquatints--England--London--1798.
Etchings--England--London--1798.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1798.
Watermarks (Paper)--E & P.--CtY-BR
Watermarks (Paper)--J Whatman.--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:

8175781

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11824082

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9268
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 248

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11823876

PID:

digcoll:4000447