"The head and shoulders of a man repeated six times in different attitudes. Above (right) the Duke of Hamilton (see BMSat 7958), good-looking, with bare clenched fists looks up and to the left, as if facing an antagonist. In successive stages one eye is closed and bleeding, the nose and then the mouth are bleeding, cuts on the face and forehead appear. In the last stage, in the lower left corner of the design, the grossly disfigured head lies unconscious, blood pouring from the mouth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Below title: Dedicated with respect to his grace, the Duke of Hamilton., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: Armorial shield with fleur de lis above and intials L V G below.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 29, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title from text below image., Cf. No. 7958 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Temporary local subject terms: Dogs: mastiffs -- Weapons: bludgeons -- Ruffians -- Orders: Star of the Thistle.
Title from caption below image., Above the image: Attic miscellany., and Temporary local subject terms: Mastiffs -- Weapons: bludgeons -- Ruffians -- Orders: Star of the Thistle -- Norfolk.
"A man walks away from the spectator, slightly to the right, showing a whiskered right cheek. He wears a high round hat with a curved brim, sparrow-tail coat, and spurred top-boots. His shoulders are sprinkled with hair-powder (see BMSat 8190, &c). In his right hand is a riding-switch. He is in shadow. On the extreme right is the arm and left leg of a man in the exact position of his shadow, dressed in the same way."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress, 1795., and Mounted to 47 x 32 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 25th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Hamilton, Douglas Hamilton, Duke of, 1756-1799 and Thornton, Thomas, 1757-1823
"A young man in profile to the right, with a knotted bludgeon under his arm, holds a fierce mastiff by the collar. This collar, being inscribed 'Hamil[ton]', shows that the duke is Douglas, 8th Duke (1756-95), Duke of Brandon in the English peerage. He has cropped hair and wears the dress of the young blood of 1791, with the star of the Thistle."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tiger and his master
Description:
Title engraved below image., Text above image: Engraved for the Carlton House magazine., Printmaker from earlier state with title, 'The Ruffian Duke', and lettered ''Attic Miscellany.' and 'Annabal Scratch fecit' issue in 1791., Caricatures published under the pseudonym Annibal Scratch have been attributed to Samuel Collings., and Cf. No. 7958 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
