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He danc'd like a monkey, his pockets well cram'd ..
Title
He danc'd like a monkey, his pockets well cram'd ... [graphic].
Publication
London : Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street, [not before 1786]
Physical Description
1 print : etching, stipple engraving & aquatint ; plate mark 38.5 x 34 cm, on sheet 40.8 x 35 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from text below image.
Printmakers and artist from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue.
Reissue, with different publication line, of a print issued with the imprint "Pubd. May 16th, 1781, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand." Cf. No. 5906 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Date of publication based on publisher's street address. See British Museum online catalogue.
Text below image continues: ... caper'd off with a grin, "kiss my a*** & be d-d."
Campanion print to: "A stranger at Sparta standing long upon one leg ..."
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.
Summary
"Vestris fils, as in BMSat 5905, on the same stage, is dancing in a similar pose, poised on his right toe, his back to the audience, looking over his left shoulder smiling. In his right hand is his hat, held out as before but full of notes or bills, inconspicuously inscribed "gui, £1100", and "£20,000". In his left hand he holds out a netted purse to which is attached a label inscribed "English Guineas". In place of the goose of BMSat 5897 in each lower angle of the square is an ape dressed as a dancer and with his hat held out, cf. BMSat 5903; one (left) matches the pose of Vestris in BMSat 5905, the other (right) his pose in this design."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition.
Variant and related titles
He danced like a monkey, his pockets well crammed ...
Text in image: Oh qui goose-toe!
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 12, 2015
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1781.
Etchings - England - London - 1786.
Stipple engravings - England - London - 1786.
Aquatints - England - London - 1786.
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