The times, anno 1783 [graphic].

Description

Title: The times, anno 1783 [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: 1783 April 14
Copyright Date: [14 April 1783]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Abstract: On the right, John Bull, standing next to a broken anchor, raises his arms in despair saying, "'Tis lost! Irrecoverably lost!" Above his head, a demon flies away with a partially rolled up map of America while a Frenchman standing to his right offers him snuff as consolation. Behind the Frenchman, an angry Spaniard points to the rock of Gibraltar in the background and the exploding ships below it. On the far left, a Dutchman watches the scene in front of him.
Description: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Extent: 1 print : etching ; sheet 25 x 35 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1783.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1783.
Subject (Geographic): Gibraltar--History--Siege, 1779-1783.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--1760-1789.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Subject (Topic): Anchors.
Clothing & dress--1780-1790.
Demons.
Dutch--Caricatures and cartoons.
French--Caricatures and cartoons.
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Spanish--Caricatures and cartoons.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6210
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 47