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Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
The nursery, with Britannia resposing in peace Js. Gillray invt et fect.
Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Subject (Genre):
Pictorial Works
Subject (Genre):
Caricatures
Subject (MeSH Term):
History, 19th Century
Subject (MeSH Term):
Internationality
Subject (MeSH Term):
Nurseries
Subject (Geographic Name):
Great Britain
Subject (Geographic Name):
France
Publication Information:
[London] : Pubd. Decr. 4th, 1802 by Js. Gillray, [1802, printed 1851?]
Publication Country:
England
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
C05480
Physical Description:
1 print : engraving, b&w ; 32 x 46 cm.
Image Description:
Subject: A satire on the conciliatory attitude of the British ministers towards Napoleon in the face of the latter's aggressions. Three figures, representing political personalities of the day (Fox, Addington, and Hawkesbury), surround a large wicker cradle in which reposes Britannia with her thumb in her mouth. Addington, dressed as an old woman, rocks the cradle and sings a song (the dialog bubble starts: "o, By, my Baby, my Baby ..."); Hawkesbury, dressed as a nursemaid, approaches the cradle and carries a child's commode inscribed "French C...k...g Chair"; and Fox, seated behind the cradle, looks at Britannia through the corner of his eye as he folds linen on which is inscribed "French Cambrick". A portrait of Napoleon hangs above the fireplace.
Subject (Person):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Person):
Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828.
Subject (Organization):
Great Britain.
Note (General):
An impression from the original plate, circa 1851. Plate from: Gillray, J. The works of James Gillray, from the original plates, with addition of many subjects not before collected. London, [1851?].
Note (General):
Printed in the head right corner: "268".
Cited in:
Wright, T. Gillray, no. 268
Cited in:
George v. 8, no. 9895
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Source of Acquisition:
Gift; William H. Helfand; 2003;
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Call Number:
PP059097 num ovr
Record UI:
101456251

The nursery, with Britannia resposing in peace Js. Gillray invt et fect.

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