06467ckm a22008657a 4500 12975094 20250606194852.4 kj ho cr ||||||||||| kj bo 021019s1814 xxunnn kneng 12975094 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-printpho qw44 2011-04r; qw44 2013-06r LCAP batch update 2025-06-01-04:00: LCAPM-861 2002708988 712 U.S. Copyright Office. (DLC)12975094 (DLC) 2002708988 (DLC)app1994000689/PP LC-DIG-ppmsca-10755 DLC (digital file from original, color impression) LC-USZC4-12748 DLC (color film copy transparency of color impression) LC-DIG-pga-05636 DLC (digital file from original, b&w impression) LC-USZ62-7831 DLC (b&w film copy neg. of b&w impression) DLC DLC DLC gihc PGA - Charles (W.)--Hartford Convention ... PGA - Charles (W.)--Hartford Convention ... B&w impression. Charles, William, 1776-1820, artist. The Hartford Convention or Leap no leap [graphic] / Wm. Charles, Sc. [Philadelphia : s.n.,] c1814. 1 print on laid paper : etching and aquatint with watercolor ; 24.4 x 36 cm (plate), 28 x 42.3 cm (sheet) 1 print on wove paper : etching and aquatint ; 24.4 x 36 cm (plate), 26.6 x 41.3 cm (sheet) still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia Digital image computer c rdamedia sheet nb rdacarrier Digital image online resource cr rdacarrier Title from item. Printed on lower left: Entr'd according to act of Congress. Library has two impressions (1) etching on laid paper, hand-colored, copyright deposit, and (2) etching on wove paper, b&w. DLC The Library's hand-colored impression was deposited for copyright on December 10, 1814, by Samuel Kennedy. DLC Colored impression Inscribed in ink on back: No. 712. Title Page of "The Hartford Convention &tc. Deposited 10th Decre. 1814 by Samuel Kennedy as Proprietor. Lanmon, p. 98-100 Murrell, p. 88, 94 Century, p. 30 Weitenkampf, p. 19 Charles's satire attacks the Hartford Convention, a series of secret meetings of New England Federalists held in December 1814. The artist caricatures radical secessionist leader Timothy Pickering and lampoons the inclinations toward secession by convention members Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, alleging encouragement from English King George III. In the center, on a shore, kneels Timothy Pickering, with hands clasped praying, "I, Strongly and most fervently pray for the success of this great leap which will change my vulgar name into that of my Lord of Essex. God save the King." On a precipice above him, a man, possibly Harrison Gray Otis, representing Massachusetts, pulls two others (Rhode Island and Connecticut, possibly James Hillhouse) toward the edge. Rhode Island: "Poor little I, what will become of me? this leap is of a frightful size -- I sink into despondency." Connecticut: "I cannot Brother Mass; let me pray and fast some time longer -- little Rhode will jump the first." Massachusetts: "What a dangerous leap!!! but we must jump Brother Conn." Across the water, on the right, sits George III with arms stretched out toward the men on the cliff. He calls, "O'tis my Yankey boys! jump in my fine fellows; plenty molasses and Codfish; plenty of goods to Smuggle; Honours, titles and Nobility into the bargain." On the left, below the cliff, is a medallion inscribed with the names of Perry, McDonough, Hull, and other heroes of the War of 1812 and decorated with a ribbon which reads, "This is the produce of the land they wish to abandon." No known restrictions on publication. There appear to be some puns in the print: Timothy Pickering, of Essex County, appears to make reference to Massachusetts Governor Caleb Strong when he says, and different type is used, "Strong ly"; and George III may refer to Harrison Gray Otis, Massachusetts delegate to the Hartford Convention, when he says "O'tis my Yankey boys!", as he gestures toward the three men representing Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island depicted above Pickering. Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1814-2. Colored impression Exhibited: "1812 : A Nation Emerges" at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2012-2013. Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2014-2015. George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829. Hillhouse, James, 1754-1832. Otis, Harrison Gray, 1765-1848. Hartford Convention (1814-1815 : Hartford, Conn.) 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