For improving the breed [graphic].
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10952980
Description
- Title
- For improving the breed [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Sketch'd at Wirtemberg
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [24 October 1796]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Octr. 24th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Str
- Abstract
-
"A whole length portrait of the corpulent Prince Frederick William Charles of Wurtemberg, standing 'chapeau-bras' in profile to the right, wearing a ribbon; his right hand on his waistcoat, his left on the hilt of his sword. He has a very heavy double chin, thick lips, staring eye, high narrow head, and an expression of good-natured surprise."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched at top of image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. - Provenance
- Old Print Shop; June 1962;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 25.5 x 17.9 cm, on sheet 28 x 21 cm
- Edition
- [1st state].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 796.10.24.02.1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Stipple engravings England London 1796
Etchings England London 1796 - Material
- stipple engraving and etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1754-1816
- Subjects
-
Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1754-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1796
England > London > 1796
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
- 8104488
- Object ID (OID)
- 10952980