File:Homer singing his verses to the Greeks. (BM 1868,0808.6643).jpg
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editHomer singing his verses to the Greeks.
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Print made by: James Gillray
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Title |
Homer singing his verses to the Greeks. |
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Description |
English: Captain Morris (left) sits in profile to the right, singing from a broadside which he holds out in his left hand: 'A new Song to the Tune of the Plenipoy'. In his right hand is a full glass. He wears a round hat and fashionable half-boots; his coat, breeches, and stockings are tattered. From his pocket projects a pamphlet: 'Captain Morris's Songs by Subscription' (cf. BMSat 9240). Fox and Sheridan sit on opposite sides of a small round table, on which is a decanter of 'Brandy'. Sheridan, left, with Bardolph's fiery face, cf. BMSat 7528, &c, holds his glass and looks delightedly at Morris, as does Fox (as Falstaff), who says: "Come sing me a Boosey-Song, [A misquotation from 'I Henry IV', III. iii, where Falstaff says, "Come, sing me a bawdy song; make me merry."] to make me merry". Part of the face of a fourth man appears on the right. 16 June 1797
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Depicted people | Associated with: Charles James Fox | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1797 date QS:P571,+1797-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.6643 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) 'The Plenipotentiary' was a coarse song by Morris, cf. BMSat 7935. Greek = gambler or cardsharper, cf. BMSats 8878, 9078. For the Whig secession see BMSat 9018, &c. For Fox as Falstaff cf. BMSat 6974, &c. Grego, 'Gillray', p. 222. Wright and Evans, No. 441. Reprinted, 'G.W.G.', 1830. (Supplementary information) Beneath the title is attached a small piece of paper inscribed with letterpress: 'Also published this morning, the fourth edition of songs, by Capt Morris. Enlarged and corrected. Price 25'. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6643 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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