The origin of the gout [graphic]

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Title: The origin of the gout [graphic]
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Jones, J. approximately 1745-1797, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 April 1785]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs, April 20th, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street
Abstract: "A gouty and obese man (right) seated in a chair plays the 'cello. Both legs are swathed, the feet wrapped in slashed coverings; the right leg rests on a stool. The Devil (left), hat in hat, holds in a pair of tongs a cinder against the right knee. Bottles and glasses stand on a table. A pair of crutches lean against the chair. The hands of a wall-clock point to 12.25."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description: Title etched below image.
Lettered state of no. 6881 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Temporary local subject terms: Music: Cello -- Furniture: Wall clock -- Medical disease -- Wine glasses -- Decanters.
1 print : etching with stipple, hand-colored ; sheet 23 x 29.9 cm.
Imperfect; a thin strip of the sheet below title has been removed and the remaining parts of the sheet glued back together, with loss of the statement of responsibility.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. i, 1785; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 22.8 x 26.4 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Bunbury 785.04.20.01 Impression 1
Collection Title: Volume 2, page 45. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
Collection Date: [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792]

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Etchings England London 1785
Material: etching with stipple ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Gout
Obesity
Crutches
Violoncellos
Clocks & watches
Devil
Bottles
Drinking vessels
Subjects: Gout
Obesity
Crutches
Violoncellos
Clocks & watches
Devil
Bottles
Drinking vessels
England > 1785
England > London > 1785
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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