The apostate Jack R- [graphic] : the political rat catcher. NB. Rats taken alive!

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Title: The apostate Jack R- [graphic] : the political rat catcher. NB. Rats taken alive!
Alternative Title: Apostate Jack Robinson
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Robinson, John,--1727-1802--Caricatures and cartoons.
Published / Created: [1784]
Copyright Date: [1 March 1784]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: W. Humphry, no. 227 Strand
Abstract: John Robinson, the former Secretary to the Treasury, shown on his hands and knees in a room full of rats with human faces, is baiting one of them with a strip of paper inscribed, "pension." On his back is a cage baited with a coronet and "places" and two rats inside. Other rats group mostly around the coins spread on the floor and look at Robinson expectantly. On the wall hangs a list of "rats of note," i.e., the members of Parliament Robinson already bribed against Charles Fox.
Description: CtY-LW
Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title etched below image; the letter "s" in "apostate" is etched backwards.
Extent: 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23 x 35 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Collection Title: The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Collection/Other Creator: Harvey, Francis
Collection Created: London
Container / Volume: Vol. 1 (Box 2 of 2) | Folder I-46

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1784.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1784.
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Robinson, John,--1727-1802--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic): Animal traps.
Coins.
Rats.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6431
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 118