Dame rat, and her poor little ones [graphic].

Description

Title: Dame rat, and her poor little ones [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created: [26 March 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd March 26th, 1782, by J. Browning, Oxford Street
Abstract: Lord Hertford is depicted outside his house, receiving Charles James Fox (shown with a fox's head). Lady Hertford and seven of her children all have rat's heads and stand obsequiously attentive to their guest who ignores them
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.2 x 29.8 cm, on sheet 23.8 x 32.4 cm.
Mounted on leaf 17 of volume 1 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. 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 22.2 x 29.8 cm, on sheet 28 x 37 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic): Rats
Receiving lines
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Marquess of, 1719-1794 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Rats
Receiving lines
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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