For improving the breed [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- For improving the breed [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Sketch'd at Wirtemberg
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [24 October 1796]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Octr. 24th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Str
- Abstract
-
"A whole length portrait of the corpulent Prince Frederick William Charles of Wurtemberg, standing 'chapeau-bras' in profile to the right, wearing a ribbon; his right hand on his waistcoat, his left on the hilt of his sword. He has a very heavy double chin, thick lips, staring eye, high narrow head, and an expression of good-natured surprise."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of similar composition
"A later state with the same inscriptions. The contour of the Prince is altered: he is very obese, his head bulges slightly at the back, and his legs are thicker. The position of his right hand is altered."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched at top of image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Later state, with changes to the plate. Cf. No. 8827 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : stipple engraving & etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.3 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 30.0 x 22.7 cm.
Mounted on leaf 27 of volume 9 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 24 x 17 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Edition
- [Later state with alterations to the subject's figure].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Stipple engravings England London 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman - Material
- stipple engraving & etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1754-1816
- Subjects
-
Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1754-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1796
England > London > 1796
J Whatman
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
- Catalog Record
- 8104493
- Object ID (OID)
- 11860564
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