Lubber's-hole, alias, The crack'd Jordan [graphic].

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Title: Lubber's-hole, alias, The crack'd Jordan [graphic].
Alternative Title: Crack'd Jordan
Cracked Jordan
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 November 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Abstract: "A large chamber-pot, cracked, stands (left) supported by the legs of Mrs. Jordan. The Duke of Clarence has thrust his head and shoulders within a fissure in the 'Jordan', singing a chanty, "Yeo! Yee! Yeo!" He is in back view and wears striped sailor's trousers; his naval coat with its star hangs on the wall (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 27.5 x 21.0 cm, on sheet 37 x 27.3 cm.
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; October 2015.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27.7 x 22 cm, on sheet 33.2 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816
Subject (Topic): Chamber pots
Subjects: William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Chamber pots
England > 1791
England > London > 1791
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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