Rat catcher to the mogul [art original].

Description

Title: Rat catcher to the mogul [art original].
Creator: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created: 1795.
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A ratcatcher and his small dog walk on a path leading away from the outskirts of a small town featuring a signpost painted with a 'bell'. The disheveled ratcatcher wears a tricorn hat and a sash across his torso lettered 'Rat catcher to the mogul' and carries a walking stick and a trap containing a live rat
Description: Title and date from pencil inscription within image.
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Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vi.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 277 x 236 mm, on sheet 238 x 208 mm, mounted to 39 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Graphite drawings British 18th century
Material: graphite pencil with brown ink border and inscription ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Rats
Ratcatchers
Animal traps
Dogs
Subjects: Rats
Ratcatchers
Animal traps
Dogs
British > 18th century

Access: Public
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Citation: G.M. Woodward, Rat Catcher to the Mogul. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.