Detail of bonnet-rouge from Design for Naval Pillar

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Title

Detail of bonnet-rouge from Design for Naval Pillar

Description

James Gillray's 'Design for the Naval Pillar,' the image the exhibition focuses around, displays a statued configured of high relief objects standing upon a rock in a story sea. The base is supported by two figures: Fortitude, with a lion, resting her hand on a broken pillar and Justice, accompanied by an ostrich and holding unbalanced scales. Within the pillar are numerous objects, which suggest that the pillar had a dual purpose of critiquing both the French and British navy. Such objects discussed in the exhibition include Justice's unbalanced scales, the Jack Tar, the bonnet-rouge and the figure of Britannia.

Creator

James Gillray

Source

The British Museum

Publisher

Hannah Humphrey

Date

Published 1 February 1800 in London

Contributor

The British Museum

Rights

© Trustees of the British Museum

Format

Hand-etchcing

Type

Still image