Boston Public LibraryJames Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings / English Caricature and Political Satire, 18th and 19th Centuries / British Artists / John D. Merriam Collection
St. George's Volunteers charging down Bond Street, after clearing the ring in Hyde Park, and storming the dunghill at Marybone
St. Georges Volunteers charging down Bond Street, after clearing the ring in Hyde Park, and storming the dunghill at Marybone
Item Information
- Title:
- St. George's Volunteers charging down Bond Street, after clearing the ring in Hyde Park, and storming the dunghill at Marybone
- Title (alt.):
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St. George's volunteers charging down Bond Street, after clearing the ring in Hyde Park, and storming the dung-hill at Marybone
- Description:
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Three grotesque and ill-matched soldiers charge rapidly and fiercely down the pavement. Their bayonets threaten three women who flee in terror, only legs, petticoats, and an upraised arm being visible on the extreme right. One soldier, very thin and ragged, wears a busby, the next, who is fat, wears a huge cocked hat with a damaged brim, the third, who is small, wears a peaked helmet with a spiky plume. The uniform coats with epaulettes are worn over frilled shirts and ragged breeches. Behind the three march others of the company, wearing busbies, and holding their muskets against their shoulders. In the background, shop-windows are freely sketched. In the title 'down Bond Street' has been etched above the French, made conspicuous by being scored through (BM). / A satire on the volunteering mania of this period, when the country was threatened with so many dangers. The volunteer regiments of the West End performed their maneuvers in Hyde Park, and the scene of their peaceful campaigns extended to Marylebone and the surrounding districts. The St. George's Volunteers formed the first metropolitan corps, commanded by the then well-known Captain Foster (Wright/Evans).
- Artist:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815
- Name on Item:
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Js. Gy. Invt. & fect.
- Date:
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March 1, 1797
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works)
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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John D. Merriam Collection
- Subjects:
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Militias
Bayonets
Marching
- Places:
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England > London > City of Westminster > Hyde Park
- Extent:
- 1 print : hand-colored etching ; plate mark 26 x 37 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111j495
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Publisher:
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Bond Street :
Pubd. by H. Humphrey
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Title from item.
Alternative title from Wright/Evans.
BM Satires 8991; Wright/Evans 183
- Notes (date):
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Date from item.
- Notes (citation):
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Stephens, Frederic George, George, Mary Dorothy. "Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum." British Museum Press, 1870, London.
Wright, Thomas, R. H. Evans. "Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray." Benjamin Blom, 1968, New York.
- Identifier:
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18_17_000097
- Barcode:
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36666003786940
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