Fat-Cattle
Maker
(artist)
1757-1815
(engraver)
1757-1815
(publisher)
(active 1778-1822) (Life dates)
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
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
Keywords
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 //
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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