Governor Wall's ghost! [graphic] : by J----s! / J.L.R. inv. & pinxt. ; Js. Gy. ft.
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Description
- Title
- Governor Wall's ghost! [graphic] : by J----s! / J.L.R. inv. & pinxt. ; Js. Gy. ft.
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Wall, Joseph,--1737-1802. - Published / Created
- 1802 July 21
- Copyright Date
- [21 July 1802]
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Publisher
- H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"A street scene lit by a lamp projecting from a high brick wall: 'Maiden Lane'. A tall man, very thin and pale, walks (right to left), wearing spectacles, a cane in his right hand. His shoulders are thickly sprinkled with powder, cf. BMSat 8190, &c. He terrifies an Irish fishwife, who holds up both arms to avert the spectre, turning away with a terrified stare, saying, "Governor Wall's Ghost! - [the only title] by J .... s!" Her basket of fish falls to the ground. The man is corpse-like, and his clothes seem to hang on a skeleton. The woman is stout and very ragged. Beside her a tunnel penetrates the wall, slanting down from the street-level, under an arch inscribed 'Cyder Cell[ars]', a famous night-resort in Maiden Lane."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
- Title from text in speech bubble within image.
- Extent
- 1 print : etching with aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.5 x 25.4 cm, on sheet 38.1 x 28.5 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. 10
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. 9911
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 521
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 290
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12515464
- Object ID (OID)
- 11861048