The republican rattle-snake fascinating the Bedford-squirrel [graphic].
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11811443
Description
- Title
- The republican rattle-snake fascinating the Bedford-squirrel [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Republican rattlesnake fascinating the Bedford squirrel
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [16 November 1795]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Novr. 16th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond St.
- Abstract
-
"A large rattlesnake with the head of Fox, its tail coiled round an oak tree with rattle erect, rears itself towards a plump squirrel with the head of the Duke of Bedford, which is springing from the tree into Fox's open mouth. Fox fixes his protruding eyeballs upon the squirrel, a fang issues from his mouth. There is a landscape background. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Three lines of text below title: The rattle snake is a creature of the greatest subtilty; when it is desirous of preying upon any animal ...
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Rattlesnakes -- Squirrels.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.2 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 39.6 x 27.7 cm.
Mounted on leaf 65 of volume 3 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 : sheet 36 x 25 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Etchings England London 1795 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802 - Subjects
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1795
England > London > 1795
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
- 8049674
- Object ID (OID)
- 11811443
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