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Creator:
James Gillray, 1756–1815
after James Gillray, 1756–1815
Published by Hannah Humphrey, ca. 1745–1818
Title:
Blowing up the Pic Nic's: or Harlequin Quioxtte Attacking the Puppets
Date:
1802
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 1/16 inches (35.7 × 25.5 cm), Image: 13 3/16 × 9 3/4 inches (33.5 × 24.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered, lower right inside image: "Js Gillroy | invt & fecit | Published April 2nd 1892 by H Humphrey St James's Street"; lower center below image: " 'Blowing up the PIC NIC's: __or__ Harlequin Quixotte attacking the Puppets'. Vide Tottenham Street Pantomine"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.840
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
attacking | audience | audience | beer | bottles | broken | caricature | chaos | costume | crowd | drapery | entertainment | feathers | fire | flags | food | food | fruit | gesturing | hats | hitting | humor | literary theme | masks | medals | men | nude | pantomime | parody | Pic Nic Society | plates | plays | puppets | religious and mythological subject | satire | sculptures | shouting | stabbing | stage | swords | table | tent | theater | whip | women | wood
Associated Places:
England | Europe | Greater London | Tottenham | United Kingdom
Associated People:
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Billington, Elizabeth (1765–1818), singer
Rowe, Nicholas (1673–1718), poet, playwright, editor of Shakespeare
Schiller, Friedrich (1759–1805), playwright and poet
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816), playwright and politician
Addison, Joseph (1672–1719), writer and politician
Greville, Henry Francis (early 19th c), founder of the Pic Nic Society
Harlequin
Hobart, Albinia, Countess of Buckinghamshire (1738–1816), British noble, Daughter of Lord Vere Bertie
Cholmondeley, George James, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley (1749–1827), politician
Kemble, John Philip (1757–1823),
Jonson, Benjamin (1572–1637), poet and playwright
Congreve, William (1670–1729), playwright and poet
Cecil, Mary Amelia [Emily Mary], marchioness of Salisbury (1750–1835), political hostess and sportswoman
Edgcumbe, Richard, second earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1764–1839), writer on opera
Siddons (née Kemble), Sarah (1755–1831), actress
Kotzebue, August von (1761–1819), author and poet
Otway, Thomas (1652–1685), Dramatist
Lewis, William Thomas (1746?-1812), actor and theater manager
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:43503
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