File:A witch, upon a mount's edge.-Vide- Fuzelli. (BM Y,5.38).jpg
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[edit]A witch, upon a mount's edge.-Vide: Fuzelli. ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Print made by: James Gillray
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Title |
A witch, upon a mount's edge.-Vide: Fuzelli. |
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Description |
English: Lady Mount-Edgcumbe as a lean and ragged witch sits in profile to the right on a rocky mound overlooking the sea, her seat being a bundle of brooms. She supports her chin and nose on her right hand, the elbow resting on her knee. Her left arm is outstretched, pointing, her finger-nails are talons. Her hair blows out behind her from a bald forehead, and is on fire, the smoke rising into the sky. A frog at her feet (right) looks up at her. Behind is the sea with ships in full sail, indicating the view from Mount-Edgcumbe, Plymouth. 17 October 1791
Hand-coloured etching |
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Depicted people | Associated with: Henry Fuseli | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1791 date QS:P571,+1791-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
Y,5.38 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) Cf. BMSat 7971, &c. Lady Mount-Edgcumbe's words in BMSat 7935 suggest that Mrs. Hobart had called her 'A witch... [&c.]'. A travesty of a picture by Fuseli, cf. BMSat 7937. Grego, 'Gillray', p. 137. Wright and Evans, No. 388. Reprinted, 'G.W.G.', 1830. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_Y-5-38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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