Balaam, or, The majesty of the people [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Pubd. April 10th, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
[10 April 1783]

Copyright Date:

[10 April 1783]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.1 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 28 x 42 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6209

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Text following title: The Lord open'd the mouth of the ass, &c.
Mounted to 31 x 45 cm.

Abstract:

A tall, thin gentleman in a military uniform walks accross a mountainous landscape carrying on his back an obese parson with a "Tithes" basket full of chickens and a sucking-pig under his left arm and a scourge with three lashes in his right hand. Behind them and in front of his sheaved harvest stands a farmer dressed in a smock, with a branch in his right hand and his hat in the left. He says, "We Farmers have our Bodys Eat up, for the good of our Souls."

Variant Titles:

Majesty of the people

Associated Names:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815 [Printmaker]
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810 [Publisher]

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Clergy -- England -- 18th century
Clothing & dress -- England -- 1780-1790
Farmers
Harvey, Francis
Military officers -- British -- 18th century
Obesity
Riviere & Son
Tithes
Whips

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1783
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1783

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:

783.04.10.01+ Impression 1

Orbis Record:

6805511

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr05179

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10724743

PID:

digcoll:553528