James Gillray : The Suppressed Plates
Print
1792 (first published), ca. 1850 (printed)
1792 (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 19 and 20 respectively, number 19 depicts the Duke of CLarence and Dorothea Jordan in bed. The Duke is sleeping whilst Mrs Jordan sits up exclaiming 'What pleasant dreams I have had tonight! methought I was in Paradise, upon a bed of voilets and roses, and the sweetest husband by my side!' (a quotation from Coffey's play 'The Devil to Pay'. On a chair rest the Duke's naval coat and breeches, and on a stool on the right sit her petticoats and a pair of stays. Under the bed is an inscribed chamber pot and beneath are lines of verse from the play. Lettered with title, verse, and the original publisher's name, date, and address.
The second print on the same page is entitled 'Fashionable Contrasts' and depicts the legs of Frederick, the Duke of York, face down, with his enormous feet in large buckled shoes lying between the dainty ankles and small jewelled slippers of the Duchess of York. Lettered with title, and original publisher's name and address.
The second print on the same page is entitled 'Fashionable Contrasts' and depicts the legs of Frederick, the Duke of York, face down, with his enormous feet in large buckled shoes lying between the dainty ankles and small jewelled slippers of the Duchess of York. Lettered with 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 19 and 20 respectively, number 19 depicts the Duke of CLarence and Dorothea Jordan in bed. The Duke is sleeping whilst Mrs Jordan sits up exclaiming 'What pleasant dreams I have had tonight! methought I was in Paradise, upon a bed of voilets and roses, and the sweetest husband by my side!' (a quotation from Coffey's play 'The Devil to Pay'. On a chair rest the Duke's naval coat and breeches, and on a stool on the right sit her petticoats and a pair of stays. Under the bed is an inscribed chamber pot and beneath are lines of verse from the play. Lettered with title, verse, and the original publisher's name, date, and address. The second print on the same page is entitled 'Fashionable Contrasts' and depicts the legs of Frederick, the Duke of York, face down, with his enormous feet in large buckled shoes lying between the dainty ankles and small jewelled slippers of the Duchess of York. Lettered with 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.685:12-2014 |
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| Record created | October 23, 2014 |
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