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Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries
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Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries / Js. Gy. d. & ft.
Publication
[London] : [Printed for H.G. Bohn, by C. Whiting], [1851]
Physical Description
12 prints on 2 sheets (3 pages) : etchings, black & white ; plate marks 26 x 19 cm, on sheets 64 x 46 cm.
Local Notes
Hicks classification: LM Z G41 plate 185-196 Map Case.
Library's copy: sheet 1 has water damage.
Notes
Restrikes from original plates: London : H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, April 18th, 1798-May 21st, 1798.
Each print signed J[ame]s. G[illra]y. d[elineavit]. & f[eci]t.
No. 1-4 (plates 185-188) are printed on recto of sheet 1, number 5-8 (plates 189-192) on verso of sheet 1; number 9-12 (plates 193-196) printed on sheet 2.
Imprint from Library of Congress record LCCN68111270, for the Bohn edition of 1851. Plate numbers are from the Bohm edition.
With: London-Corresponding-Society alarm'd / J. Gillray. London : Humphrey, 1798; and, Meeting of unfortunate citoyens / J. Gillray. London : Humphrey, 1798.
Summary
Satirical cartoons of British politicians and leaders in French costume.
Variant and related titles
No. 2-12 (plates 186-196) have title: French habits.
Ministre d'Etat, en grand costume.
Membres du Conseil des Anciens.
Membres du Conseil des Cinq Cents.
Membre du Directoire Exécutif.
Président d'Administration Municipale.
Boureau.
Advocat de la Republique.
Membre de la Haute Cour de Justice.
Juge du tribunal correctionel.
Juge de paix.
Tresorier.
Messager d'etat.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 29, 2015
Contents
No. 1. Le Ministre d'Etat, en grand costume [Charles James Fox]
no. 2. Les membres du Conseil des Anciens [Charles Howard, Duke of Norfolk; William Petty, Marquis of Lansdowne; and Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton]
no. 3. Les membres du Conseil des Cinq Cents [Charles Stanhope, Earl Stanhope; Edward Smith-Stanley; James Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale; Michael Angelo Taylor; and Charles Grey, Earl Grey]
no. 4. Membre du Directoire Exécutif [Francis Russell, Duke of Bedford]
no. 5. Président d'Administration Municipale [Richard Brinsley Sheridan]
no. 6. Le Boureau [George Tierney]
no. 7. L'Advocat de la Republique [Thomas Erskine, Baron Erskine]
no. 8. Membre de la Haute Cour de Justice [Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn]
no. 9. Juge du tribunal correctionel [John Courtney]
no. 10. Juge de paix [John Nichols]
no. 11. Le tresorier [Sir William Pulteney]
no. 12. Messager d'etat [Sir Francis Burdett]
References
Wright & Evans. Historical and descriptive account of the carricatures of James Gillray, plates 185-196.
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