Jack Fletcher the famous Wargrove fool sitting in the kitchen of the Revd. Henry Frinsham : the original now in the possession of his grandaughter Mrs. George Berkeley / [graphic]

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Lewis Walpole Library > Jack Fletcher the famous Wargrove fool sitting in the kitchen of the Revd. Henry Frinsham : the original now in the possession of his grandaughter Mrs. George Berkeley / [graphic]

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Title: Jack Fletcher the famous Wargrove fool sitting in the kitchen of the Revd. Henry Frinsham : the original now in the possession of his grandaughter Mrs. George Berkeley / [graphic]
Contributor: Field & Tuer, publisher.
Published / Created: [ca. 1868?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Field & Tuer
Abstract: "Portrait of Jack Fletcher, nearly whole length, seated to front in the kitchen of the Revd Henry Frinsham, looking towards the viewer, smoking a pipe, holding a mug in his right hand, leaning on a table on which lies a bottle, wearing hat, 'Foul-Weather Coat' of Berkshire, shirt and breeches."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched above image.
Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Y,5.78.
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
Plate originally published ca. 1735-1740; see British Museum online catalogue.
Twenty-three lines of biographical information etched below image: Jack Fletcher was perhaps as extraordinary a being as ever nature formed ...
Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 226.
On leaf 62 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 34.1 x 23 cm, on sheet 43 x 59 cm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title: Leaf 62. 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: Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1868
Restrikes
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fletcher, Jack, active 1735,
Subject (Topic): Pipes (Smoking)
Drinking vessels
Hats
Coats
Subjects: Fletcher, Jack, active 1735
Pipes (Smoking)
Drinking vessels
Hats
Coats
England > London > 1868

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 15546437
Object ID (OID): 17355989