The gout [graphic].

Description

Title: The gout [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [14 May 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. May 14th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "A bare foot, inflamed and hideously swollen, rests on a cushion. The demon of gout, snorting fire, spreads himself over the affected part, digging in barbed fangs and sharp teeth. His barbed and serrated tail waves above him."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Demons & devils.
1 print : soft-ground etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.0 x 36.1 cm, on sheet 29.3 x 39.7 cm.
Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 10 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 25.9 x 36.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Soft-ground etchings England London 1799
Material: soft-ground etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Gout
Demons
Diseases
Pain
Subjects: Gout
Demons
Diseases
Pain
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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