The infant Hercules [graphic].

Description

Title: The infant Hercules [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: [3 February 1784]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Abstract: William Pitt, shown as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasps by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war."
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; sheet 23 x 33.7 cm.
Formerly mounted on leaf 43 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 : sheet 26 x 34 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Material: etching with stipple, hand-colored ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
East India Company.
Subject (Topic): Politics and government
Snakes
Shields
Subjects: Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
East India Company
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Snakes
Shields
England > 1784
England > London > 1784
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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