The infant Hercules [graphic].

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Description

Title
The infant Hercules [graphic].
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Field & Tuer, publisher.
Published / Created
[3 Feburary 1784] and [approximately 1868?]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand and Field & Tuer
Abstract

William Pitt, shown as a child sitting on the "Shield of Chatham," grasps by the neck two serpents, one with the head of Fox, the other with that of North. Fox's tail is inscribed, "Bill East India" and is entwined with North's tail labeled "American war."

Description
Title etched below image.
Attribution to Rowlandson from the British Museum catalogue and Grego.
Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6402 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
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, page 115.
Temporary local subject terms: American War -- Bills: East India Bill -- Serpents -- Shields: Chatham.
On leaf 14 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 25.0 x 36 cm, on sheet 59 x 43 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title
Leaf 14. 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 1784
Etchings England London 1868
Restrikes
Material
etching with stipple ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Geographic)
Great Britain
Subject (Name)
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
East India Company.
Subject (Topic)
Politics and government
Snakes
Shields
Subjects
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
East India Company
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1789
Snakes
Shields
England > 1784
England > London > 1868

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
15539225
Object ID (OID)
17355888

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