Cockney sportsmen finding a hare

Cockney sportsmen finding a hare

Item Information

Title:
Cockney sportsmen finding a hare
Description:
A hare crouches in long grass beside an old tree. The younger man (rather thin and fashionably dressed, wearing Hessian boots with pointed toes, and a cartouche-box which denotes the volunteer) runs forward dragging his gun, and holds out his hat to throw it on the hare. Both dogs slink furtively behind him. The elder man (a fat John Bull in top-boots) squats down to watch (right). The landscape probably gives a good idea of the NE surroundings of London (BM).
Artist:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Date:
November 12, 1800
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Holt Collection
Subjects:
Rabbits
Rabbit hunting
Hunters
Firearms
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Places:
England
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching and stipple ; plate mark 25 x 35 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111j41z
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
BM Satires 9599; Wright/Evans 495
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Holt; 1982
Notes (date):
Date from Wright/Evans.
Notes (citation):
Stephens, Frederic George, George, Mary Dorothy. "Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum." British Museum Press, 1870, London.
Wright, Thomas, R. H. Evans. "Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray." Benjamin Blom, 1968, New York.
Identifier:
18_17_000093
Barcode:
36666000175725