What a cur 'tis! [graphic].
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11811436
Description
- Title
- What a cur 'tis! [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- What a Curtis
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [9 June 1795]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. June 9th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"Lord Howe sits full-face in an armchair, reading a 'Gazette' headed 'June Ist 1795'. He wears naval uniform, with a hat, smokes a long pipe and scowls meditatively. A dog with the head of Sir Roger Curtis grovels at his feet, kissing his right toe; he has a collar inscribed 'Black Dick's Dog'. Behind Howe is a row of windows close together, with a view of the sea and ships. Beneath the windows is a broad shelf on which are wine-bottles, a sextant, and a punch-bowl. On a table at Howe's right hand are a glass of wine and a plan of Torbay."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Text below title: Done from an original drawing by a British officer & publish'd as a guide to preferment.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: ship cabin -- Newspapers: Gazette -- Glass: wine bottles -- Glass: wine glasses -- Dishes: punch bowl -- Naval instruments: sextants -- Maps: map of Torbay -- Chamber pots -- Pets: dogs -- Smoking: pipes -- Naval uniforms: admiral's uniform -- Furniture: armchair.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 29.9 x 25.0 cm, on sheet 31.8 x 26.2 cm.
Mounted on leaf 58 of volume 3 of 12. - Provenance
- From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 29 x 25 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Etchings England London 1795 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799
Curtis, Roger, Sir, 1746-1816 - Subjects
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Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799 > Caricatures and cartoons
Curtis, Roger, Sir, 1746-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1795
England > London > 1795
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8044572
- Object ID (OID)
- 11811436
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