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1. Le cochon et ses deux petits, or, Rich pickings for a noble appetite [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [May 1792]
- Call Number:
- 792.05.00.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two enormously fat courtesans sit side by side on a settee which they completely fill; between them and on the knees of both sits the Duke of Norfolk, a wine-glass in his left hand, in his right he holds the hand of one of the women at whom he gazes with a smile. Both women look amorously at him; they are dressed decorously and without extravagance. At the Duke's feet lies his baton as hereditary Earl Marshal. Above the two women is etched: (left) 'The Royal Sovereign, was formerly to be seen by all admirers of Natural Curiosities at Sixpence pr Head, & is reported to weigh near Forty-Stone', (right) 'Nell H--t--n, weighs rather under Thirty Stone; & in the absence of the Great Man, his place is agreeably filled by T------ W-----d, the celebrated collector on the Highway.' After the title is etched: 'Vide. Strand Lane; Temple Barr; &c. &c. &c.' [places frequented by prostitutes]."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Rich pickings for a noble appetite
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: settees -- Dishes: wine glasses -- Emblems: baton of Hereditary Earl Marshall., and Watermark: Armorial shield with fleur de lis above and monogram W below.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 1792 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtesans and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Le cochon et ses deux petits, or, Rich pickings for a noble appetite [graphic].
2. Le cochon et ses deux petits, or, Rich pickings for a noble appetite [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [May 1792]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two enormously fat courtesans sit side by side on a settee which they completely fill; between them and on the knees of both sits the Duke of Norfolk, a wine-glass in his left hand, in his right he holds the hand of one of the women at whom he gazes with a smile. Both women look amorously at him; they are dressed decorously and without extravagance. At the Duke's feet lies his baton as hereditary Earl Marshal. Above the two women is etched: (left) 'The Royal Sovereign, was formerly to be seen by all admirers of Natural Curiosities at Sixpence pr Head, & is reported to weigh near Forty-Stone', (right) 'Nell H--t--n, weighs rather under Thirty Stone; & in the absence of the Great Man, his place is agreeably filled by T------ W-----d, the celebrated collector on the Highway.' After the title is etched: 'Vide. Strand Lane; Temple Barr; &c. &c. &c.' [places frequented by prostitutes]."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Rich pickings for a noble appetite
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: settees -- Dishes: wine glasses -- Emblems: baton of Hereditary Earl Marshall., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 27.0 x 37.0 cm., and Mounted on leaf 38 of volume 8 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. May 1792 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtesans and Obesity
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Le cochon et ses deux petits, or, Rich pickings for a noble appetite [graphic].
