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The Miser's Feast: P.450-1991

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

The Miser's Feast

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Holland, William

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Measurements and weight

Height: 299 mm
Width: 376 mm

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1786-03-06

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: The MISER'S Feast.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: With moul'ring viands is his cubboard stor'd, / And scanty supplements o'erspread the board, / What else can follow, but destructive fate, / When Famine holds the cup, & Death the plate ? / Supple
  • Location: Plate lower left and right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Text: Pub. March 6th. 1786. by W. Holland No. 66 Drury Lane London
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Inscription present: Print perhaps used to wrap around a plate with this title?

  • Text: Trifling mistake
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.450-1991
Primary reference Number: 20430
Stephens/George: 7083
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 January 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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