Le cochon et ses deux petits, or, Rich pickings for a noble appetite [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Le cochon et ses deux petits, or, Rich pickings for a noble appetite [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Rich pickings for a noble appetite
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Norfolk, Charles Howard,--Duke of,--1746-1815--Caricatures and cartoons. - Published / Created
- 1792 May
- Copyright Date
- [May 1792]
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Publisher
- H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Abstract
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"Two enormously fat courtesans sit side by side on a settee which they completely fill; between them and on the knees of both sits the Duke of Norfolk, a wine-glass in his left hand, in his right he holds the hand of one of the women at whom he gazes with a smile. Both women look amorously at him; they are dressed decorously and without extravagance. At the Duke's feet lies his baton as hereditary Earl Marshal. Above the two women is etched: (left) 'The Royal Sovereign, was formerly to be seen by all admirers of Natural Curiosities at Sixpence pr Head, & is reported to weigh near Forty-Stone', (right) 'Nell H--t--n, weighs rather under Thirty Stone; & in the absence of the Great Man, his place is agreeably filled by T------ W-----d, the celebrated collector on the Highway.' After the title is etched: 'Vide. Strand Lane; Temple Barr; &c. &c. &c.' [places frequented by prostitutes]."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
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Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image. - Extent
- 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25 x 33 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- still image
- Genre
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Etchings--England--London--1792.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1792. - Subject (Name)
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Norfolk, Charles Howard,--Duke of,--1746-1815--Caricatures and cartoons. - Subject (Topic)
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Courtesans.
Obesity.
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.
- Citation
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Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 8159
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 391
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 159
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7815992
- Object ID (OID)
- 11859387