Rodney Invested or Admiral Pig on a Cruise
Maker
(artist)
1757-1815
(engraver)
1757-1815
(publisher)
active 1780s (Life dates)
1757-1815
(engraver)
1757-1815
(publisher)
active 1780s (Life dates)
Title
Rodney Invested or Admiral Pig on a Cruise
Date of Production
4.6.1782
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 25.1 cm
Width: 35.6 cm
Width: 35.6 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4354
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper left margin & recto : : Published Characters [&] Cariacatures of 1782, No. IV //
Inscription: inscription : printed : within image & recto : in speech bubble : Go generous gallant Rodney, -- go on, / pursue, maintain your Country's noble cause / Accept my Son the Empire of the Main. / Does the Devonshire Member want Reasons -- £17000 contains cogent ones. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : RODNEY Invested__or__Admiral PIG. on a Cruize. //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : right & verso : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : typed : right & verso : later Witt inscription : J. GILLRAY / Caricature / Rodney Invested //
Inscription: inscription : printed : within image & recto : in speech bubble : Go generous gallant Rodney, -- go on, / pursue, maintain your Country's noble cause / Accept my Son the Empire of the Main. / Does the Devonshire Member want Reasons -- £17000 contains cogent ones. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : RODNEY Invested__or__Admiral PIG. on a Cruize. //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : right & verso : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : typed : right & verso : later Witt inscription : J. GILLRAY / Caricature / Rodney Invested //
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