COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Political Cartoons
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~2~2
JCB Political Cartoons
Collection
true
Accession number:
84-94
accession_number
84-94
Accession number
false
Title:
The LION'S Share
title
The LION'S Share
Title
false
Place:
[London]
place
[London]
Place
false
Publisher:
Pubd. ... by H. Humphrey New Bond Street
publisher
Pubd. ... by H. Humphrey New Bond Street
Publisher
false
Date:
1797. Jany. 2d
date
1797. Jany. 2d
Date
false
Image technique:
Etching, colored
image_technique
Etching, colored
Image technique
false
Image dimensions:
29.7 x 24.2 cm. (image)
image_dimensions
29.7 x 24.2 cm. (image)
Image dimensions
false
Narrative description:
Sir John Jervis sits at a table covered with gold coin. Images include: maps of St. Vincent and Martinique; picture of loaves and fishes; picture of thieves dividing spoils; picture of bodies hanging from gallows.
narrative_description
Sir John Jervis sits at a table covered with gold coin. Images include: maps of St. Vincent and Martinique; picture of loaves and fishes; picture of thieves dividing spoils; picture of bodies hanging from gallows.
Narrative description
false
References:
BM 8978
references
BM 8978
References
false
Notes:
Attributed to Gillray by BM catalogue. Below image: Phaedrus: -"The first share is mine, because I bore my part in killing the prey ..." The West India merchants compared the proclamation issued to the inhabitants of the islands conquered from France in 1794 with the confiscation at St. Eustatius in 1781.
notes
Attributed to Gillray by BM catalogue. Below image: Phaedrus: -"The first share is mine, because I bore my part in killing the prey ..." The West India merchants compared the proclamation issued to the inhabitants of the islands conquered from France in 1794 with the confiscation at St. Eustatius in 1781.
Notes
false
Creators:
[Gillray]
creators
[Gillray]
Creators
false
Subject:
European political scene
subject
European political scene
Subject
false
Normalized date:
1797
normalized_date
1797
Normalized date
false