The twin stars, Castor & Pollux [graphic] / Js. Gillray d. & ft.

Published/Created:
[London]
Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Str
[7 May 1799]
Physical Description:
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26 x 20 cm
Notes:
Title etched below image.
No. 5 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology.
Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Castor & Pollux -- Brewers: George Barclay, fl. 1799 -- Charles Sturt -- Dishes: tankards -- Glass: goblets -- Beverages: ale.
Old Print Shop ; 1961.
Mounted.
Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mills.
Abstract:
"Two corpulent men, with arms interlaced, trip through space, their heads turned in profile to the right, naked except for a piece of floating drapery. One (left) holds up a frothing tankard of Berkley Ale, the other a foaming goblet, tankard and goblet being the centre of a pointed star. The heads are well characterized, and alike only in fatness, short hair, and side-whisker."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant Titles:
Twin stars, Castor and Pollux
New pantheon ; no. 5
Associated Names:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815 [Printmaker]
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817 [Publisher]
Topics:
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Harvey, Francis
Riviere & Son
Sturt, Charles, 1763-1812
Language:
English
Genre:
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1799
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1799
Watermarks (Paper) -- J Whatman Turkey Mills
Watermarks (Paper) -- J. Whatman Turkey Mills -- 1817
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Prints & Photographs
Rights:
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Call Number:
799.05.07.07
Orbis Record:
8190497
Yale Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Digital Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Local Record Number:
lwlpr09468
Volume/Enumeration:
Digital version
OID:
10941353
PID:
digcoll:950948