Sir Samuel House [graphic].

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Title: Sir Samuel House [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Knight, Charles, 1743-1827?, publisher.
Published / Created: [12 July 1781]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published July 12, 1781, by C. Knight, Berwick Street
Abstract: "Portrait (whole-length) of Sam House seated in an arm-chair, a wineglass in his right hand, his left hand on his hip. At his right side, on a small rectangular table, is a punch-bowl inscribed "Fox for eve[r]". He is in his well-known dress, see BMSat 5696, &c, and wears ungartered stockings."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Gillray in the British Museum catalogue. Also attributed to Charles Knight; see British Museum online catalogue.
Text below title: Libertas et natule [sic] solum.
Mounted on leaf 9a (i.e. verso of leaf 8) of volume 7 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 : plate mark 22.7 x 18 cm, on sheet 23.3 x 19 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1781
Stipple engravings England London 1781
Aquatints England London 1781
A la poupée prints
Material: stipple engraving & aquatint with etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): House, Samuel, -1785
Subjects: House, Samuel, -1785 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1781
England > London > 1781
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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