The castle in the moon [graphic] : a new adventure not mentioned by Cerventes.

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Title: The castle in the moon [graphic] : a new adventure not mentioned by Cerventes.
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: 1782 August 22
Copyright Date: [22 August 1782]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Abstract: At the top of a cliff overlooking the sea, Don Quixote (personifying Spain) and Sancho (a Dutchman) discuss plans for a seige while a monkey (representing France) stands on the neck of the Don's horse, pointing toward the moon in which is visible the fortress at Gibraltar. A reference to plans for the combined attack on Gibraltar by French and Spanish forces. The attack came in September of 1782 and was repulsed by the British.
Description: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Extent: 1 print : etching ; sheet 26 x 35 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1782.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1782.
Subject (Geographic): Gibraltar--History--Siege, 1779-1783.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Subject (Topic): Dutch--Caricatures and cartoons.
French--Caricatures and cartoons.
Spanish--Caricatures and cartoons.

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: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6025
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 42