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James Gillray
1756-1815
New pantheon of democratic mythology / Js. Gillray inv. & ft.
[London] : Pubd. May 7th. 1799, by H. Humphrey St James s Street, [1799]
etching, hand colored
image: 251 x 194 mm; plate mark: 261 x 198 mm; sheet: 361 x 287 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.665:1
Notes
Emblematical title-page to a set of prints caricaturing the Opposition.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a fire on an altar of quasi-classical shape, on which is the title; with apes' heads taking the place of rams' heads, and a garland of laurel bound with tricolour ribbon. At the base of the altar lies a cornucopia in the form of a bonnet-rouge transformed into a fool's cap terminating in a bell. From it pour emblems of gods and goddesses: Thunderbolts tied with tricolour, an owl, grapes, caduceus, bow and arrows, hammer and pincers, trident, lyre, club, and two doves on a shield with the head of Medusa.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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