James Gillray : The Suppressed Plates
Print
1788 (first published), ca. 1850 (printed)
1788 (first published), ca. 1850 (printed)
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Two plates from an album containing 45 numbered prints on wove paper, the majority printed two per page, recto only. Numbered 5 and 6 respectively, number 5 is entitled 'Wouski' and depicts William IV (before his reign during his Naval career) reclining in a hammock, embracing a black woman. Beneath them is a keg inscribed 'Jamaican Rum', a large coil of rope as might be found on a ship, and a trunk inscribed with the letter 'Pe. Wm. Hy'. Lettered with title, verse, and the original publisher's name, date, and address.
The second print on the same page is entitled 'The Castle in the Moon' and depicts Don Quixote and Sancho riding exhausted mules, with a moon in the top left hand corner reading 'Gibraltar' and depicting the Moorish Castle. A small monkey stands on the head of Don Quixote's horse and points a sword in the direction of the moon. Lettered with captions,title, and original publisher's name and address.
The second print on the same page is entitled 'The Castle in the Moon' and depicts Don Quixote and Sancho riding exhausted mules, with a moon in the top left hand corner reading 'Gibraltar' and depicting the Moorish Castle. A small monkey stands on the head of Don Quixote's horse and points a sword in the direction of the moon. Lettered with captions,title, and original publisher's name and address.
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| Materials and techniques | Print on wove paper |
| Brief description | Two plates from an album of 40 'suppressed' caricatures featuring sexual, scatalogical and politically outrageous subject matter by James Gillray (1756-1815). Issued mid-19th century. |
| Physical description | Two plates from an album containing 45 numbered prints on wove paper, the majority printed two per page, recto only. Numbered 5 and 6 respectively, number 5 is entitled 'Wouski' and depicts William IV (before his reign during his Naval career) reclining in a hammock, embracing a black woman. Beneath them is a keg inscribed 'Jamaican Rum', a large coil of rope as might be found on a ship, and a trunk inscribed with the letter 'Pe. Wm. Hy'. Lettered with title, verse, and the original publisher's name, date, and address. The second print on the same page is entitled 'The Castle in the Moon' and depicts Don Quixote and Sancho riding exhausted mules, with a moon in the top left hand corner reading 'Gibraltar' and depicting the Moorish Castle. A small monkey stands on the head of Don Quixote's horse and points a sword in the direction of the moon. Lettered with captions,title, and original publisher's name and address. |
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| Credit line | Gift from the Ministry of Justice |
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| Accession number | E.685:5-2014 |
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| Record created | October 22, 2014 |
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