Great cry and little wool [graphic].

Description

Title: Great cry and little wool [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
East India Company.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Published / Created: 1783 December 22
Copyright Date: [22 December 1783]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: Humphry's, 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: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego.
Several letters in imprint statement, as well as the digit "7" in "1783," are etched backwards.
Title etched below image; the letter "a" in the word "and" is etched backwards.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.5 x 31.2 cm, on sheet 31 x 49 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Collection Title: The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Collection / Other Creator: Harvey, Francis
Collection Created: London
Container / Volume: Vol. 1 (Box 1 of 2) | Folder I-23

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1783.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1783.
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
East India Company.
Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Subject (Topic): Burning at the stake.
Devil.
Foxes.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6283
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 109-10