Bruin in his boat, or, The manager in distress [graphic] Js. Gillray fect.
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Description
- Title
- Bruin in his boat, or, The manager in distress [graphic] Js. Gillray fect.
- Alternative Title
- Manager in distress
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Derby, Edward Smith Stanley,--Earl of,--1752-1834--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Lauderdale, James Maitland,--Earl of,--1759-1839--Caricatures and cartoons.
Melville, Henry Dundas,--Viscount,--1742-1811--Caricatures and cartoons.
Sidmouth, Henry Addington,--Viscount,--1757-1844--Caricatures and cartoons.
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope,--Earl,--1753-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Whitbread, Samuel,--1764-1815--Caricatures and cartoons.
Wilberforce, William,--1759-1833--Caricatures and cartoons. - Copyright Date
- [20 June 1806]
- Abstract
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"Melville, protected by Justice, stands on the 'Rock of Innocence' (l.) firing two cannon at a man-of-war, 'The Impeachment', which has already foundered on the 'Rocks of Honor and Justice'. In the foreground (l.) a bear, Whitbread (not Fox as Wright and Evans say), stands despairingly in his boat which is about to be swamped. It is in the form of a shallow tub (a brewing utensil), and is 'The Vanity-Cooler'. A pennant, 'Vanity', streams from the mast. The tattered sail is formed of papers patched together and inscribed 'Ist Report' ['. . . 2nd', '3d', &c] to '10th Report'. Whitbread's broken oar, inscribed 'Popular Clamour', falls from his paw. The boat will founder despite the efforts of three winds to fill the sail and take it into calmer water. These are heads with butterfly wings (l.) and are (l. to r.) Stanhope, Wilberforce, and Derby. Melville, in profile to the right., a stalwart figure in Highland dress with thistles in his feathered bonnet, holds a flaming torch in each hand, one 'Truth', the other 'Reason', and puts them to the touch-holes of two cannon, 'Adam' and 'Plomer'. He is lit by rays which descend from behind a swirling cloud, taking the form of wings, from which two arms emerge: in the r. hand is a pair of scales inscribed 'Impartiality'; a paper inscribed 'Integrity' outweighs 'Defamation'; on the left arm is a shield inscribed 'Justice' which is held over Melville. The blasts from the cannon are striking the battered ship; she heels over, still flying a tattered tricolour flag of 'Faction' [repeated thrice]. Two of the crew are in the water: Sidmouth, in the foreground (r.), clings to a 'Broad-Bottomd Goose-Coop' [cf. BMSat 10530], from which three cackling geese thrust their heads; it has a (tricolour) label inscribed (?) 'C. J Fox [scored through] Downing . . . [Street]'. Behind him Lauderdale's head and arms emerge from a wave, desperately trying to reach a floating barrel of 'East India Roupees'. In the foreground the waves are menacing; toward the horizon (r.) the sea is calm. A sun inscribed 'Posterity' is rising and irradiates the sky; other rightays descend from a point behind a cloud, forming a pyramid whose base is the irradiated horizon; across this is the word 'Pitt' in large letters."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Two lines of quoted verse following title: "So, shall my little-bark attendant sail," "pursue the triumph, and partake the gale!" - Extent
- 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 30.0 x 38.4 cm, on sheet 34.5 x 42.6 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. 6
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- still image
- Genre
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Etchings--England--London--1806.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1806. - Subject (Name)
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Derby, Edward Smith Stanley,--Earl of,--1752-1834--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Lauderdale, James Maitland,--Earl of,--1759-1839--Caricatures and cartoons.
Melville, Henry Dundas,--Viscount,--1742-1811--Caricatures and cartoons.
Sidmouth, Henry Addington,--Viscount,--1757-1844--Caricatures and cartoons.
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope,--Earl,--1753-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
Whitbread, Samuel,--1764-1815--Caricatures and cartoons.
Wilberforce, William,--1759-1833--Caricatures and cartoons.
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. 10576
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 320
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 334
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12475268
- Object ID (OID)
- 11858937