Posting in Scotland [graphic] / C. Loraine Smith Esqr. fecit.
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Description
- Title
- Posting in Scotland [graphic] / C. Loraine Smith Esqr. fecit.
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Smith, Charles Loraine, 1751-1835, artist. - Published / Created
- 1805 May 25
- Copyright Date
- [25 May 1805]
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Publisher
- H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
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"A very clumsy post-chaise descends a mountain road across a bare moor. On approaching a hair-pin bend the fore-heels have broken off, the chaise is about to upset, the occupant falls through the front window. A Highlander lies prone on the roof, saying to the unfortunate traveller: '" - Hald your Haund Mun, hold your haund! - en troth mun! e'n gin you na mind \ "yoursel, youl just make the Muckle Laird coupeing his Creels! - ' The chaise was drawn by a horse and ass; on the latter, which kicks violently, sits a primitive postilion; the traces are of rope. A shepherd (the muckle laird) reclines in the elbow of the road in the foreground; his dog barks at the chaise, which is followed by a man on a donkey. Horned sheep with tattered fleeces and bare rumps are beside the shepherd (r.). All four Scots are bare-footed, and have bare posteriors, the kilt being a mere apron."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
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Companion print to: "Posting in Ireland."
Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image. - Extent
- 1 print : etching with aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 31.5 x 38.5 cm, on sheet 33 x 44 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
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Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10479
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 537
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 325
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8509308
- Object ID (OID)
- 11861175
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