Great cry and little wool [graphic].

Found In:

Lewis Walpole Library > Great cry and little wool [graphic].


17355886

Description

Title
Great cry and little wool [graphic].
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Field & Tuer, publisher.
Published / Created
[22 December 1783] and [approximately 1868?]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Published 22 Decr. 1783 by Humphrys, Strand and Field & Tuer
Abstract

Charles Fox, dressed only in breeches, tries to flee from the Devil who caught him by the leg and is shearing off the hair from his chest. On the left, in front of the "India House" a group of elated men dance around a burning stake to which is tied a fox. A reference to the rejection of the India Bill in the House of Lords and the demise of the Coalition government

Description
Title etched below image; the letter "a" in the word "and" is etched backwards.
Attribution to Rowlandson from the British Museum catalogue and Grego.
Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6283 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Several letters in imprint statement, as well as the digit "7" in "1783," are etched backwards.
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 109-10.
Temporary local subject terms: Bills: Defeat of India Bill -- India House.
On leaf 13 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Provenance
Gift of Addison Van Name to Yale University Library, 1919. Transferred from Yale University Library; November 1967.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 22.4 x 32 cm, on sheet 59 x 43 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title
Leaf 13. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Collection / Other Creator
Tuer, Andrew White, 1838-1900, collector.
Collection Date
[London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1783
Etchings England London 1868
Restrikes
Material
etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
East India Company.
Subject (Topic)
Devil
Foxes
Burning at the stake
Scissors & shears
Subjects
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
East India Company
Devil
Foxes
Burning at the stake
Scissors & shears
England > 1783
England > London > 1868

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.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
15538488
Object ID (OID)
17355886

Tools