Georgey in the coal-hole [graphic]

Description

Title: Georgey in the coal-hole [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 July 1800]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publishd. July 1st, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "The interior of a small brick shed in which coal is heaped. George Hanger, in profile to the left, thin, and in tattered but fashionable clothes, carries a sack towards the doorway through which a coal-cart is seen."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: coal shed -- Trades: coal-man -- Allusion to debts.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.1 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 26.5 x 21.3 cm.
Mounted on leaf 37 of volume 10 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 25.7 x 20 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
Subjects: Hanger, George, 1751?-1824 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1800
England > London > 1800
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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