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] - Copyright Date:
- [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:
- 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:
- 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