Het committè der hooge, laagen en middelbaare heerlykheeden [graphic].

Creator:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.

Published/Created:

[London]

Copyright Date:

[1796]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 27.6 x 22.0 cm, on sheet 37 x 27 cm + 1 sheet ([1] page)

Notes:

Artist identified as Hess and printmaker questionably identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
One of twenty plates published as a bound set entitled: Hollandia regenerata.
Place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Plate numbered "10" in upper left corner.
Possibly published by Hannah Humphrey. See British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Holland: civil discord -- Committees: law -- Storks -- Eels -- Ducks -- Tortoises.
Title etched below image.
With: Letterpress explanation in French that includes appropriate texts from the Bible in Dutch and in English.

Abstract:

"A water-side scene with a broken tree (right) in the middle distance. A stork stands with an eel in its mouth looking down at a duck; a tortoise walks off. 'Jamais les Droits Seigneuriaux n'ont mieuxêté administré que depuis que la bassecour s'en mêle. 'Pourquoi ce jeune arbrisseau meurt-il? . . . On a coupé ses racines; il aurait pu devenir trop haut. II faut de l'égalité dans les républiques.' Text, 'Jeremiah', xiii. 18."--British Museum online catalogue.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Hess, David, 1770-1843, artist.

Language:

Dutch; Flemish
English
French

Genre:

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. 12

Orbis Record:

8057214

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11861542

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8855
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 373

Volume/Enumeration:

10

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11861480

PID:

digcoll:4001459