Great cry and little wool [graphic].
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11791319
Description
- Title
- Great cry and little wool [graphic].
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [22 December 1783]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published 22 Decr. 1783 by Humphrys, Strand
- Abstract
-
Charles Fox, dressed only in breeches, tries to flee from the Devil who caught him by the leg and is shearing off the hair from his chest. On the left, in front of the "India House" a group of elated men dance around a burning stake to which is tied a fox. A reference to the rejection of the India Bill in the House of Lords and the demise of the Coalition government
- Description
-
Title etched below image; the letter "a" in the word "and" is etched backwards.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego.
Several letters in imprint statement, as well as the digit "7" in "1783," are etched backwards.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 22.4 x 31.5 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Formerly mounted on leaf 23 of volume 1 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 22.5 x 31.2 cm, on sheet 31 x 49 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Etchings England London 1783 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
East India Company. - Subject (Topic)
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Devil
Foxes
Burning at the stake - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
East India Company
Devil
Foxes
Burning at the stake
England > 1783
England > London > 1783
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
- 6961715
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791319
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