The gout [graphic].

Description

Title: The gout [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: 1799 May 14
Copyright Date: [14 May 1799]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humprey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "A bare foot, inflamed and hideously swollen, rests on a cushion. The demon of gout, snorting fire, spreads himself over the affected part, digging in barbed fangs and sharp teeth. His barbed and serrated tail waves above him."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Gout -- Demons.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.9 x 36.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Satires (Visual works)--England--1799.
Soft-ground etchings--England--London--1799.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.

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: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9448
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 454
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 264