"New Morality; or The promis'd Installment of the High Priest of the Theophilanthhops, with the Homage of Leviathan and his Suite"
James Gillray, English, 1756 - 1815
published August 1, 1798
Etching on wove paper
Image: 8 1/4 × 24 7/16 in. (20.9 × 62 cm)
Sheet: 11 5/16 × 25 9/16 in. (28.8 × 65 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Purchased through a gift from the Cremer Foundation in memory of J. Theodore Cremer
PR.2004.28
Publisher
John Wright, London, England
Geography/Culture
Europe, Great Britain
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Classification
Not on view
Inscription
Signed, in plate, beneath image, lower right: Js. Gillray. inv. fect-; inscribed, in plate, beneath image, lower center to right: -Publishd. August 1st. 1798. by J. Wright No. 169. Piccadilly. for the Anti-Jacobin Magazine review-; inscribed, in plate, bottom margin, left to right: NEW MORALITY, -or- The promis‘d Installment of the High Priest of the THEOPHILANTHROPES, - with the Homage of Leviathan and his Suite.- / [text of poem inscribed in 4 columns across bottom margin]
Course History
ENGL 22, The Rise of the Novel, Alysia Garrison, Spring 2015
ENGL 21, Reason and Revolution, Alysia Garrison, Spring 2014
ENGL 20, Age of Satire, Alysia Garrison, Winter 2014
Exhibition History
Past, Present, and Future: New Acquisitions in British Prints, Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 30, 2004.
Provenance
Childs Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 2004.
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