A corner near the Bank, or, An example for fathers [graphic] Js. Gy. desn. et fect.

Published/Created:

[London]
Pubd. Sept. 26th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
[26 September 1797]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.8 x 26.3 cm, on sheet 42 x 29 cm

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Plate numbered "428" in upper right corner.
Bohn's "Supressed plates"; restrike of no. 9083 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Printed on verso: Gillray, James. Georgey a'cock-horse. London: Pubd. Novr. 23d 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street.
Rockman; July 1958; Acquisitions no.: 958-7-1-6.
On same sheet as one other print. To view other title, search by call number: 797.09.26.01.2+

Abstract:

"An elderly man, bent to deformity, thin and shambling, in profile to the left, follows two flamboyant prostitutes who walk arm-in-arm, looking behind them. He supports himself on a walking-stick; from his pocket protrudes a book: 'Modest Prints'. The women's dresses trail on the pavement, but one lifts her skirt to display her legs. The background is formed of the massive stones at the corner of a high building."--British Museum online catalogue.

Associated Names:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815 [Printmaker]
Bohn, Henry G. 1796-1884 [Publisher]

Topics:

Clothing & dress -- England -- 1790-1800
Older people
Prostitutes
Sidewalks
Staffs (Sticks)
Syphilis

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1851
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1851

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

797.09.26.01.2+

Orbis Record:

8147413

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr09034

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version of recto

OID:

10941052

PID:

digcoll:950551