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H Beard Print Collection

Print
probably 1797 (published)
Artist/Maker
Gillray, James (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

Colour satirical scene entitled 'Bank Notes - Paper money - French Alarmists, - o the devil the devil! - ah poor John Bull!!!'.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Object type
Print
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
colour etching
Paper
Printing Ink
Paint
Print-Making
Etching
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
Colour satirical scene entitled 'Bank Notes - Paper money - French Alarmists, - o the devil the devil! - ah poor John Bull!!!', Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Colour satirical scene entitled 'Bank Notes - Paper money - French Alarmists, - o the devil the devil! - ah poor John Bull!!!'. Print backed on card mount.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 22cm
  • Print size width: 28.4cm
  • Total including mount height: 56cm
  • Total including mount width: 37.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Grenville / Lougborough / Kenyon / Stanhope / Pitt / Sheridan / John Bull / Fox' (Names of characters portrayed written in pencil on card mounts at the margins of print.)
  • 'James Gillray / [?] / 1797' (Written in pencil at the bottom of card mount.)
Credit line
Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard
Subjects depicted
Pitt, William (The Younger)
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
Fox, Charles James
John Bull
Wyndham Grenville, William (1st Baron Grenville)
Wedderburn, Alexander (Lord Chancellor)
Kenyon, Lloyd (1st Baron Kenyon)
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope (3rd Earl Of)
Summary
Colour satirical scene entitled 'Bank Notes - Paper money - French Alarmists, - o the devil the devil! - ah poor John Bull!!!'.
Other number
F.120-26 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2730-2009

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Record createdSeptember 18, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1137224/h-beard-print-collection-print-gillray-james/
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