The V Committe framing a report [graphic].

Edition:

[State without underscore line in title].

Published/Created:

[London]
Pubd. according to Act of Parliament Augt. 12th, 1782, by C. Atkinson, and sold in Mark Lane
[12 August 1782]

Copyright Date:

[12 August 1782]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 25.4 x 35.8 cm, on sheet 27 x 37 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6021
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 41

Notes:

Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Later state, with the undescore line following V removed from title.
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Acquisitions no.: 966-12-4-52.
1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper ; sheet 25 x 36 cm.
Mounted to 29 x 46 cm with Bowditch's notes on mounting sheet.

Abstract:

Depicts a 22 member parliamentary committee examining the conduct of Christopher Atkinson (a.k.a. Savile), employed by the Navy Victualling Board and accused of malfeasance. All the figures are numbered, and Atkinson stands at the right. Other identifiable figures include the chairman Samuel Whitbread (no. 1), Bamber Gascoyne and Montague Burgoyne.

Variant Titles:

V Committee framing a report
Victualling Committee framing a report

Associated Names:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815 [Printmaker]
Darchery, Elizabeth [Publisher]

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Burgoyne, Montagu, 1750-1836
Clothing & dress -- England -- 1780-1790
Gascoyne, Bamber, 1725-1791
Harvey, Francis
Riviere & Son
Savile, Christopher, ca. 1739-1819
Whitbread, Samuel, 1720-1796

Language:

English

Genre:

Engravings -- England -- London -- 1782
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1782
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1782

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

782.08.12.02.2+ Impression 2

Orbis Record:

6814622

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr05040

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10724638

PID:

digcoll:552380