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Reynard put to his shifts
Title
Reynard put to his shifts [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Pubd. April 23rd, 1784, by G. Humphrey, N. 48 Long Acre, [23 April 1784]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 24.8 x 36 cm, on sheet 27.1 x 38 cm
Medium
laid paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
For a later state with "No. 13" added in lower left corner and "London" added at end of imprint, see no. 6551 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Provenance
From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. 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
"The Duchess of Devonshire stands, her feet apart, raising her skirt to allow a fox (Fox) to take cover under her petticoats. She turns her head in profile to the right towards a huntsman on foot who halloos to his hounds, "Tally O my good Dogs"; his two dogs bark, "No Coalition" and "No India Bill". The duchess says, "My dear Fox get into Cover". She looks very-handsome and bold, a sash round her waist streams out in the wind; in her hat are the usual ostrich plumes (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6530, &c), fox's brush, and favour inscribed 'Fox'. The fox crouches under her feet, looking round at his pursuers in alarm."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 13, 2016
References
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 132
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1784.
Etchings - England - London - 1784.
Watermarks (Paper) - J. Whatman.
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