A philosopher [graphic] : Conduit Street / X.

Creator:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.

Published/Created:

[London]
H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
1796 March 28

Copyright Date:

[29 March 1796]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 27.3 x 21.6 cm, on sheet 33.7 x 25.1 cm

Notes:

Another version, apparently published the following day, of a print published with the imprint: Pubd. March 28th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street. Cf. No. 8887 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Printmaker from description of alternate version in the British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

"An elderly man displays scientific experiments. He stoops forward, in profile to the left, holding a rod horizontally between his fingers, in the left hand is a glass. A small still, phials, &c, and an elaborate appliance (right) are on the long table behind which he stands. On the wall are two medallion profile-portraits, one (left) being that of Priestley. A serpent, a scroll with cabalistic signs, a terrestrial globe on a bracket, are also on the wall, which is lit by a single candle with a curiously shaped reflector."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an alternate version of similar composition.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Priestley, Joseph,--1733-1804--Caricatures and cartoons.
Walker, A.--(Adam),--1730 or 1731-1821--Caricatures and cartoons.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1796.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1796.
Watermarks (Paper)--J. Whatman--1794.--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:

12492119

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11860619

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11860547

PID:

digcoll:4052133