Ah me! what perils doth that youth encounter, who dares within the fellow's bog to enter! [graphic].

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Title: Ah me! what perils doth that youth encounter, who dares within the fellow's bog to enter! [graphic].
Alternative Title: Rake's-progress at the university. No. 1
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [22 October 1806]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd October 22d, 1806, by Hh. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
Abstract: "Two Fellows in cap and gown (l.), walking l. to r. under a stone arcade, see with shocked disapproval a dismayed undergraduate emerging from a door giving on to the arcade. He is slim and fashionably dressed. Another undergraduate (r.) with gold-embroidered gown, and the gold tassel denoting a peer, walking r. to left. along the arcade, watches the encounter with amused delight."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text within curly brackets below image, following series title.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
First of five prints in a series entitled: The rake's progress at the university.
Provenance: Donated by H.W. Liebert ; Nov. 1976 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.3 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 31 x 45 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1806
Etchings England London 1806
Material: etching with aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1806
England > London > 1806
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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