Scene le vrog house [graphic].

Description

Title: Scene le vrog house [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Darchery, Elizabeth, approximately 1739-1819, publisher.
Published / Created: [3 September 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Sepr. 3d, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street
Abstract: Admirals Rodney, De Grasse, Vaudreuil and Bougainville, numbered 1-4 respectively, shown with Rodney standing on the right taking snuff, as Vaudreuil holds a chamber pot being used by De Grasse. Bougainville runs off to the left taking snuff. Names of the subjects are given in a key below design
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.4 x 34.6 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 45 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 24.4 x 35 cm, on sheet 27 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 (Name): Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788
Vaudreuil, Louis Philippe de Rigaud, marquis de, 1724-1802
Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811
Subject (Topic): Admirals
French
British
Military uniforms
Chamber pots
Snuff
Defecation
Subjects: Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788 > Caricatures and cartoons
Vaudreuil, Louis Philippe de Rigaud, marquis de, 1724-1802 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Admirals > French > 18th century
Admirals > British > 18th century
Military uniforms > British > 18th century
Military uniforms > French > 18th century
Chamber pots
Snuff
Defecation
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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