A view of Newmarket-Heath [graphic] : taken from Davis's Straits / R.F. ad viv. del.

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Title: A view of Newmarket-Heath [graphic] : taken from Davis's Straits / R.F. ad viv. del.
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: 1807 June 9
Copyright Date: [9 June 1807]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "A very obese man with very short legs stands on a mound in profile to the right. He has short jagged hair, wears a round hat and a coat, which though not long in cut reaches to his boots He has an expression of concentrated calculation; he holds a pencil and a card inscribed '2/I on Th . . . '. In the distance four horses are racing, followed by a crowd of spectators on horseback and on foot with one coach and pair."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.2 x 21.1 cm, on sheet 27.3 x 22.2 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1807.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1807.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
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. 8, no. 10789
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 563
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 352