The cole-heavers [graphic] / J. Gillray fecit.

Creator:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[ca. 1868?]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.0 cm, on sheet 59 x 43 cm

Related Links:

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1769068 http://hdl.handle.net/10079/digcoll/4082736

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Restrike, with "J. Gillray fecit" added in lower right corner. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6213 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]

Abstract:

Charles Fox, with a fox's head and tail and an expression of delight, holds open the top of a large sack almost completely filled with coins. Opposite him, Lord North, standing on a substantially diminished pile of coins, carefully adds another shovelful to the sack. The sack is signed, "For private use." Behind them on the wall, under the ribbon signed, "For the use of the publick," several smaller empty sacks hang on a rope stretched between large pegs. Under the title is a verse, "Two virtuous Elves, / Taking care of themselves."

Variant Titles:

Coal-heavers

Topics:

Bags.
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Coins.
Corruption.
Obesity.

Topics:

Field & Tuer, publisher.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792--Caricatures and cartoons.

Caption:

leaf 2

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1868.
Restrikes.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1783.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Source Title:

Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.

Call Number:

724 836C
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)

Orbis Record:

15537073

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr35370a

OID:

17355861

PID:

digcoll:5262081