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• Author/Creator:
  Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
  
• Title:
  Tentanda via est qua me quoque possim tollere humo. Virgil, Geor. [graphic] : He steers his flight aloft, incumbent on the dusky air that felt unusual weight. Par. Lost. Lib. I, l. 225 / J. Gillray, fect &c.
  
• Published/Created:
  London : Publish'd August 8th, 1810 by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, [8 August 1810]
  
• Physical Description:
  1 print : engraving, hand-colored ; sheet 51 x 39.9 cm.
  

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  Location:
  LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings (Non-Circ)
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  Call Number:
  810.08.08.01++
  
  Status:
  No information available
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  Provenance:
  C. & J. Goodfriend; November, 2011.
  
   
  Digital version
  
  
  
   
• Notes:
  Title from Latin quote below image.
  Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark.
  Sequel to Gillray's The Introduction of the Pope to the Convocation at Oxford by the Cardinal Broad-Bottom.
  Published in: Hill, Draper. Fashionable Contrasts: Caricatures by James Gillray. London: Phaidon Press, 1966, cat. no. 49.
  
• Summary:
  A satire ridiculing the installation of Lord Grenville as the Chancellor of Oxford University on July 3rd, 1810. The installation followed a divisive election in which Lord Eldon opposed Lord Grenville on political and religious grounds. Opponents like Gillray saw Grenville's installation as a triumph for Catholic Emancipation. Here Grenville rises in balloon over a vast applauding crowd in Oxford. Many of the faces in the crowd are indentifiable politcal figures: Buckingham, Stafford, M.A. Taylor, Erskine, Tierney, Holland, Grey, Sidmouth, Cholmonderly, Whitbread, Watkin Williams-Wynn, Fingall, Sheridan etc.
  
• Format:
  Visual Material
• References:
  Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum Division I, political and personal satires / Dorothy Mary George, v. 8, 11570
  
• Subjects:
  Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Nugent, George Nugent Grenville, Baron, 1788-1850--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Wynn, Charles Watkin Williams, 1775-1850--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Wynn, Henry Watkin William, 1783-1856--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Harcourt, Edward, 1757-1847--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Fingall, Arthur James Plunkett, Earl of, 1759-1836--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Crowe, William, 1745-1829--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Cleaver, William, 1742-1815--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Randolph, John, 1749-1813--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Grenville, Thomas, 1755-1846--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Tierney, George, 1761-1830--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, Duke of, 1758-1833--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Moss, Charles, 1763-1811--Caricatures and cartoons.
  University of Oxford--History--19th century--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Catholic emancipation--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
  Political Satire, English--19th century--Caricatures and cartoons.
  Religious Satire, English--19th century--Caricatures and cartoons.
  
• Genre/Form:
  Engravings--England--1810-1820.
  
• Also listed under:
  Humphrey, Hannah, fl. 1774-1817, publisher.