Description
Heading : Creamware mug with James Gillray print
Date : c1800
Period : George III
Origin : Staffordshire, Sunderland, and Leeds are all possibilities
Colour : Transfer printed and painted black on white.
Pattern : Depicts a portly bald gentleman tucking into a side of beef with a foaming mug of ale beside him. Captioned “Ah this cursed Ministry, they’ll ruin us with their Damn’d Taxes why zounds they’re making Slaves of us all and Starving us to Death.
Condition : Very good. Small profesional restoration to a small flake chip on the rim above the handle . Extremely well done, only visible with intense white light. A run in the glaze above the chair from manufacture
Restoration : None
Dimensions : height 14.7cm, width incl. handle 12.9cm
Weight : 349g
From a James Gillray print French Liberty vs British Slavery. In the original an emaciated rag-clad Frenchman munches on a raw spring onion in front of a fire so small he may as well be warming himself with a cigarette. He says: “O Sacre Dieu! – vat blessing be de Liberte vive le Assemblè Nationale! – no more Tax! no more Slavery – all Free Citizen! ha hah! by Gard, how ve live! – ve svim i de Milk & Honey.” This is contrasted with the – erm – well fed Englishman moaning about the impositions of the government.
James Gillray is seen as the father of the political cartoon and a key figure in the rich world of 18th century British satire. Perhaps second only to Hogarth in his reputation as a cartoonist, he went after every political figure of his day from George III to Napoleon, and his works line the walls of many great galleries, most notably the National Portrait Gallery.
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