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Ganymede & Jack-Catch
Title
Ganymede & Jack-Catch [graphic] / J.W.
Publication
[London] : Pubd. 39 Strand by MDarly, [1771]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 25.5 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: John Ketch -- Capital punishment: Manacles.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Date of publication from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Imperfect; first word "Dammee" in Jack Catch's speech bubble has been erased from sheet. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum.
Plate numbered "V. 3" in upper left corner and "9" in upper right corner.
Summary
"Samuel Drybutter, a well-known homosexual, standing in fetters whole length in profile to left, conversing with Jack Catch (or Ketch, the public hangman) who holds a halter in his right hand and says, "Dammee Sammy your a sweet pretty creature & I long to have you at the end of my String", to which Drybutter replies, "You don't love me Jacky"."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Ganymede and Jack-Catch
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 07, 2019
References
Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 91
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, no. 4305
Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1771.
Etchings - England - London - 1771.
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