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The affrighted centaur & lion britanique
Title
The affrighted centaur & lion britanique [graphic] / Js. Gillray d. & ft.
Publication
[London] : Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, [7 May 1799]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 26.0 x 19.8 cm, on sheet 31 x 26 cm
Medium
wove paper
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: centaurs -- Male dress: jockey -- British Lion.
Notes
Title etched below image.
No. 6 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology.
Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Summary
"A centaur with the body of the Duke of Bedford flees in terror from the angry British lion, whose head and fore-paws appear on the left. He is dressed as a jockey, with tricolour jacket and tricolour ribbons in his cap (as in other prints, e.g. BMSat 9261)."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Affrighted centaur and lion britanique
Affrighted centaur & lion britannique
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 23, 2008
Series
New pantheon ; no. 6
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7, no. 9380
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist, p. 259
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1799.
Etchings - England - London - 1799.
Watermarks (Paper) - J. Whatman Turkey Mills - 1817.
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