The kettle hooting the porridge-pot [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The kettle hooting the porridge-pot [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Leatherhead, J. P., publisher
- Published / Created
- [23 July 1782]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. July 23d, 1782, by P.J. Leatherhead
- Abstract
-
"Shelburne (left), as the kettle, looks at Fox (right), the porridge-pot, who is running away. Shelburne's body is in the form of a kettle, much blackened underneath; the handle, attached to his chest and shoulders, extends over his head. He has a complacent smile and holds out his hands, pointing towards Fox; his left foot is on the neck of a goose, which lies on its back on the ground. He is saying, "Oh do but look how black his Arse is!" Fox (right) with the head of a fox, his body a large circular pot, blackened underneath, is running away with an alarmed expression, his hands held up, his tongue hanging out. In the centre of the design, between the two figures is a sign-post, its arm, pointing to the right, is terminated by a well-drawn hand holding a die in its fingers, but pointing with its fore-finger in the direction in which Fox is running. The arm of the post is inscribed "TO BROOKS'S"; from it hangs a rope with a noose at the end of it. On the post is hung up a placard inscribed "To be Lett- either as a Gibbet or Direction Post". A landscape with bushes forms the background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from item.
"J.P. Leatherhead" probably a fictitious name. Not identified in British Museum catalogue.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Clubs: Brooks -- Geese as Westminster electors -- Signs: signposts.
Mounted to 37 x 56 cm. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 24.9 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 30 x 49 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 782.07.23.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 - Subjects
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Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9055880
- Object ID (OID)
- 10714557