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Rodney Invested or Admiral Pig on a Cruise

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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 //

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