Ahithophel in the dumps [graphic].

Description

Title: Ahithophel in the dumps [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: [30 July 1785]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. July 30th, 1785, by W. Humphrey, Strand
Description: Titleetched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Originally published July 30th, 1782. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, no. 6015.
Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Executioner's ax -- Braying asses -- Bible: quotations (2 Sam. 17:1-23).
Provenance: Old Print Shop; March 1961;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24 x 34 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Watermarks (Paper)
Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Etchings England London 1785
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic): Axes
Donkeys
Foxes
Gallows
Nooses
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Axes
Donkeys
Foxes
Gallows
Nooses
England > 1785
England > London > 1785

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