The witty wine merchant [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The witty wine merchant [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Caleb curious
- Creator
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [11 June 1792]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. June 11, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
"A thin man stands in profile to the left, in the corner of a picture-gallery, inspecting through a glass a picture of a nude and buxom nymph or Venus. He holds a long cane and a 'Catalogue of Paintings'. He has a long pigtail queue and wears a cocked hat. Three other pictures are visible, all of nude women in the manner (burlesqued) of 'high art'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from description of later state in the British Museum catalogue.
Early state, before addition of the title "Caleb curious" above image. Cf. No. 8169 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
One line of text below title: Ay he will wholesale you new wine, and anon retail you old wit. Shakespier.
Mounted on leaf 44 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 : plate mark 25.0 x 19 cm, on sheet 26.1 x 20 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. 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)
- Whitefoord, Caleb, 1734-1810
- Subjects
-
Whitefoord, Caleb, 1734-1810 > Caricatures and cartoons
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
- 12489621
- Object ID (OID)
- 11859393