Plan of Mud Island, off the Kingdom of Corsica [graphic].
- Copyright Date:
- [ca. October 1796]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 13.3 x 18.2 cm
- Notes:
- A date of 1794 is suggested in the British Museum catalogue, but their online catalogue suggests 1795 based on the reference to a famine.
Place of publication based on subject.
Publication date from Thomas Kirgate's manuscript note on Horace Walpole's impression.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Title from text above image. - Abstract:
- A bust of George III in an oval medallion, the profile (left) an obtuse angle, the face blank, giving an impression of complacent imbecility. The background is shaded to simulate a cameo. From behind the medallion two figures look out: 'Averice' (left), a hag with pendent breasts and serpents for hair, leans forward in profile to the left, holding up a money-bag. On the right is Famine, a thin man wearing a shroud; both are shouting.
- Topics:
- Avarice.
Famines. - Topics:
- Corsica (France)--History--British occupation, 1794-1796.
- Topics:
- George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Kirgate, Thomas,--1734-1810--Ms. notes.
Knight, William,---1847--Ownership.
Walpole, Hoarce,--1717-1797--Ownership. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1796.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1796. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Orbis Record:
- 8103288
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr16383
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8516
- OID:
- 16193217
- PID:
- digcoll:4047100
