Exaltation of Faro's daughters [graphic].

Creator:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.

Published/Created:

[London]
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
1796 May 12

Copyright Date:

[12 May 1796]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 36 x 26 cm

Notes:

Title etched below image.

Abstract:

"Lady Buckinghamshire (left) and Lady Archer (right) stand side by side in the pillory, heads and hands closely confined, their heads in profile to the right, weeping angrily. Both wear tall feathers in their hair and large pendent ear-rings. Lady Buckinghamshire is forced to stand painfully on tip-toe, a short petticoat exposes her fat legs. On the front of the platform is a placard: 'Cure for Gambling Publish'd by Lord Kenyon in the Court of Kings Bench on May 9th 1796'. This is raised above the (freely sketched) heads of the crowd, with grinning upturned faces in the foreground. Eggs, a cat, &c. fly through the air; the pillory and the dresses of the victims are bespattered. On the right is a house with spectators in the windows."--British Museum online catalogue.

Topics:

Archer, Sarah West,--Lady,--1741-1801--Caricatures and cartoons.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart,--Countess of,--1738-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1796.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1796.
Watermarks (Paper)--J. Ruse--1799.--CtY-BR

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. 9

Orbis Record:

8070542

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11860626

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8876
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 425
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 212

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11860554

PID:

digcoll:4000966