A military sketch of a gilt stick, or, Poker emblazoned [graphic].

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Title: A military sketch of a gilt stick, or, Poker emblazoned [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Cathcart, William Schaw Cathcart,--Earl,--1755-1843--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: 1800 June 11
Copyright Date: [11 June 1800]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "Major-General Lord Cathcart stands stiffly in profile to the left. His features are blunt and ugly. He wears court dress with a military cast, heavily gold laced, and a long pigtail. His right hand rests on the head of a gold-headed cane. A figured carpet and bare wall complete the design."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched above image.
Extent: 1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26 x 21 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1800.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1800.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1800.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Cathcart, William Schaw Cathcart,--Earl,--1755-1843--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.

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.
Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9564
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 460
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 271