James Gillray : The Suppressed Plates
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1803-5 (first published), ca. 1850 (printed)
1803-5 (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 42 and 43 respectively, number 42 depicts Henry Addington, squatting over a cocked hat full of papers reading place names (Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Domingo, Cape of Good Hope, Egypt, and Malta). A thin and gaunt Napoleon holds him by the neck-tie and brandishes a sabre as long as his own body. Addington pleads with him, 'Pray, do not insist upon Malta! I shall certainly be turned out!'. On the right, the French General, Antoine-François Andréossy, holds his nose and grabs for the hat. Lettered with title, captions, and the original publisher's name and address.
The second print on the same page is entitled 'Palemon and Lavinia' and depicts a two figures in a field on either side of a stile. One is a youngish man, fumbling in his pocket with one hand and holding a pitchfork in the other. He grins fixedly at a hideous woman crouching in a dress and bonnet, who slyly regards him with a knowing look. Lettered with title, artist's initials, caption, and the original publisher's name and address.
The second print on the same page is entitled 'Palemon and Lavinia' and depicts a two figures in a field on either side of a stile. One is a youngish man, fumbling in his pocket with one hand and holding a pitchfork in the other. He grins fixedly at a hideous woman crouching in a dress and bonnet, who slyly regards him with a knowing look. Lettered with title, artist's initials, caption, and the original publisher's name and address.
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Materials and techniques | Engravings 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 42 and 43 respectively, number 42 depicts Henry Addington, squatting over a cocked hat full of papers reading place names (Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Domingo, Cape of Good Hope, Egypt, and Malta). A thin and gaunt Napoleon holds him by the neck-tie and brandishes a sabre as long as his own body. Addington pleads with him, 'Pray, do not insist upon Malta! I shall certainly be turned out!'. On the right, the French General, Antoine-François Andréossy, holds his nose and grabs for the hat. Lettered with title, captions, and the original publisher's name and address. The second print on the same page is entitled 'Palemon and Lavinia' and depicts a two figures in a field on either side of a stile. One is a youngish man, fumbling in his pocket with one hand and holding a pitchfork in the other. He grins fixedly at a hideous woman crouching in a dress and bonnet, who slyly regards him with a knowing look. Lettered with title, artist's initials, caption, and the 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.685:24-2014 |
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Record created | October 27, 2014 |
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