Alecto and her train at the gate of Pandaemonium, or, The recruiting sarjeant enlisting John-Bull into the Revolution Service [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Pubd. July 4th, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
[4 July 1791]

Copyright Date:

[4 July 1791]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 39.3 x 45.5 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7889
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 130
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive acc

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge.
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Acquisitions no.: 966-12-5-162.
1 print : etching, hand-colored, on laid paper ; sheet 377 x 469 mm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper and lower edges with some loss of top portion of image. Mounted to 40 x 56 cm.

Abstract:

"Alecto, a fantastic hag (as in BMSat 7721), stands outside the Crown and Anchor tavern between a diminutive Sheridan (left), playing a fife, and Fox (right), a burly drummer, both wearing regimentals. She towers above them, holding a long pike surmounted by a cap of 'Liberty' and holding out to John Bull, a yokel (as in BMSat 8141), a handful of 'Assignats'. Hissing serpents form her hair and serpents suck at the pendent breasts which her ragged garments do not cover. She has webbed wings, and wears a French cocked hat with a tricolour cockade inscribed 'Liberty'. ... John Bull stands on the left, scratching his head with a puzzled grin; he wears a smock and very wrinkled gaiters; his hat and a pitchfork are in his left hand. ... Sheridan stands between Alecto and John Bull. ... Fox is much larger than Sheridan, both wear French Grenadier's caps. On his drum is the head of a Medusa (Discord) with snaky locks. He smiles, watching John Bull with a stare of eager calculation. ... Behind him and on the extreme right. Stanhope runs off to the right, stooping as if to conceal himself; in his right hand is a letter: 'To Lord Stanhop[e] from W. Pitt.' ... The door of the Crown & Anchor Tavern is immediately behind Fox and Alecto. From it issue flames and smoke in which imps and demons are flying."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Recruiting sarjeant enlisting John-Bull into the Revolution Service

Associated Names:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815 [Printmaker]
Fores, S. W. [Publisher]

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Harvey, Francis
Riviere & Son
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1791
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1791
Watermarks (Paper)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

791.07.04.01.1++ Impression 2

Orbis Record:

9745649

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr07196B

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10732612

PID:

digcoll:550441