"Ah, grant a me von letel bite" [graphic].

Description

Title: "Ah, grant a me von letel bite" [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 December 1780]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publishd. Decr. 1st, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Abstract: A foppishly dressed young man, intended to represent a starving Frenchman, is begging for a "letel bite" from a boy in a butcher's apron. The boy is holding a large bone in his hands and has a slab of beef ribs sticking out of his pocket
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 18.3 x 14.2 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 7 of volume 7 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 18.7 x 14.0 cm, on sheet 20 x 16 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1780
Etchings England London 1780
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): National characteristics, French
Starvation
Butchers
Dandies
French
Meat
Clothing & dress
Subjects: National characteristics, French
Starvation
Butchers
Dandies > French
Meat
Clothing & dress > England > 1780
England > 1780
England > London > 1780
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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