The Peace of Amiens 1802 "The First Kiss - This Ten Years". Or-the Meeting of Britannia & Citizen Francois. 1802

James Gillray.

Verlag: Hannah Humphrey., 37 New Bond St, London., 1802

Beschreibung

Hand Coloured copper plate caricature/satire of the unhappy "Peace of Amiens" of 1802. This image is different from those reviewed which have the date of March 1803. This is original but has no publisher's name lower right outside the image as does the BM example, it has Gillray's name lower left it also has No XXII to top right inside plate line. The paper is hand-made laid watermarked paper "Zoon" and part of a cartouche. There are several light fold lines and a archival tape repair to the reverse at one of these fold lines. Some wear to top edge with some surface loss to paper, image not affected. some other aging to paper also. Colouring all original and still bright. Size also differs from an example sold in December in a top London Auction house. 10 x 8.25 inches (25 x 21 cm) *This may have appeared in a magazine of the day in 1802 and PRE-dates the 1803 examples in the BM and other institutional libraries. So although slightly smaller a much rarer example and earlier. The papermaker ZOON was a Dutch firm working in the later 18th century, was this a Dutch example of the 1803 English example? The First Kiss this Ten Years! NOTE: The impetus for this print was the signing of the Treaty of Amiens on March 25, 1802 which put an end (albeit temporarily) to the hostilities between England and France which had been ongoing since April of 1792. Coming almost 10 months after the fact, it is NOT, however, a celebration of the treaty, but one of a number of prints initially hinting and later trumpeting Gillray's (and Britain's) dissatisfaction with it. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 8255

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Peace of Amiens 1802 "The First Kiss - ...

Verlag: Hannah Humphrey., 37 New Bond St, London.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1802

Einband: Loose as Issued.

Illustrator: James Gillray

Zustand: Good