The liberty of the subject [graphic].

Creator:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.

Published/Created:

[London]
W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
1779 October 15

Copyright Date:

[15 October 1779]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25 x 36 cm

Notes:

Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
CtY-LW
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

"A press-gang at work in a London street, at the end of which appears the dome of St. Paul's. A sailor (c.) strides towards the spectator, a club in his right. hand, dragging along a lean tailor, who holds up his hands in dismay. An infuriated woman (l.) has seized the sailor by his hair and the right. ear while she pummels him with her knee. Another sailor behind has seized her wrist and raises a club to strike her. A third sailor (r.) holds the tailor by the left. arm. A naval officer (r.) walks beside the party with a drawn cutlass. Behind are other sailors. A woman (l.) wearing stays or jumps' raises a mop in both hands to smite a sailor; an infant clutches her petticoats. A group of spectators (l.) includes a woman carrying a baby. A dog barks at the fray."--British Museum online catalogue.

Topics:

Crowds.
Fighting.
Sailors--British.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1779.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1779.

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. 7

Orbis Record:

6700729

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11859235

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5609
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 29

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11859163

PID:

digcoll:4000449