James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Fat Cattle, a Sketch of Tavistock Farmyard Dedicated to the Society for Improving the Breed of Cattle, 1802
- Title:
- Fat Cattle, a Sketch of Tavistock Farmyard Dedicated to the Society for Improving the Breed of Cattle
- Date:
- 1802
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 inches (35.9 × 25.4 cm), Plate: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm), Image: 13 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (34.3 × 24.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered above image: "Publish'd Jan'y 16th 1802 by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street."; lettered inside image: "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 & on the Kidneys!"; lettered below image: "To the Society for Improving the Breed [FAT-CATTLE.] this Sketch of Tavistock Farm yard is dedicated."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.811
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Associated People:
- Bedford, Francis Russell, 5th Duke of (British aristocrat, 1765–1802)
Burke, Edmund (1729/30–1797), politician and author - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:43431
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British Museum, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, 11 volumes in 12, British Museum Publications, London, no. 9912, NE55 G7 L63 A52 1978 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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