Le cochon et ses deux petits, or, Rich pickings for a noble appetite [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Le cochon et ses deux petits, or, Rich pickings for a noble appetite [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Rich pickings for a noble appetite
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [May 1792]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 1792 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Abstract
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"Two enormously fat courtesans sit side by side on a settee which they completely fill; between them and on the knees of both sits the Duke of Norfolk, a wine-glass in his left hand, in his right he holds the hand of one of the women at whom he gazes with a smile. Both women look amorously at him; they are dressed decorously and without extravagance. At the Duke's feet lies his baton as hereditary Earl Marshal. Above the two women is etched: (left) 'The Royal Sovereign, was formerly to be seen by all admirers of Natural Curiosities at Sixpence pr Head, & is reported to weigh near Forty-Stone', (right) 'Nell H--t--n, weighs rather under Thirty Stone; & in the absence of the Great Man, his place is agreeably filled by T------ W-----d, the celebrated collector on the Highway.' After the title is etched: 'Vide. Strand Lane; Temple Barr; &c. &c. &c.' [places frequented by prostitutes]."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: settees -- Dishes: wine glasses -- Emblems: baton of Hereditary Earl Marshall.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 27.0 x 37.0 cm.
Mounted on leaf 38 of volume 8 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 25 x 33 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Etchings England London 1792 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815
- Subject (Topic)
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Courtesans
Obesity - Subjects
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Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815 > Caricatures and cartoons
Courtesans
Obesity
England > 1792
England > London > 1792
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
- 7815992
- Object ID (OID)
- 11859387