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Fat-Cattle

Maker

(artist)
1757-1815

(engraver)
1757-1815

(publisher)
(active 1778-1822) (Life dates)

Title

Fat-Cattle

Date of Production

16.1.1802

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 39.5 cm
Width: 27.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4359

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 centre margin & recto : : Publifh'd, Jan.y 16th, 1802 by H. Humphrey, 27, St. James's Street / 503 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : centre within image & recto : in speech bubble : Ah, here's your sort! _here's your Nine Inch Fat, my boys! _ / "O how he will cut up! (as my old friend Burke said! _ / "how he will Tallow in the cawl [and] on the Kidneys!" //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left within image & recto : : J.s Gillray, inv.t [and] f.t //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : To the Society for Improving the Breed (FAT-CATTLE.) this Sketch of Taviftock Farmyard, is dedicated. //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : bottom centre of mount & recto : HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928. //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : lower right margin & recto : : Francis R[?] Duke of Bedford [?] //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : top left corner & verso : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : upper left & verso : later Witt inscription : J. GILLRAY //

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