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James Gillray
1756-1815
The rake's-progress at the university. No. 2.
London : Publish'd October 22d 1806-by Hh. Humphrey- No 27 St James's Street, [1806]
etching and aquatint, hand colored
image: 230 x 347 mm; plate mark: 250 x 353 mm; sheet: 341 x 479 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.361
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By James Gillray.
One of a set of 5 etchings, all bearing the same imprint.
At right of caption title: Ah me! - that thou the Freshman's-Guide should'st read Yet venture on the hallowed grass to tread.
One of a set of 5 etchings, all bearing the same imprint.
At right of caption title: Ah me! - that thou the Freshman's-Guide should'st read Yet venture on the hallowed grass to tread.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows an undergraduate walking across the grass of a college court; under his arm is a book: 'Advice to Freshmen'. Behind him the grossly obese Master stands in a Gothic doorway leading from a staircase, pointing angrily at the culprit. A shambling man with a broom stands beside the doorway, looking over his shoulder apprehensively at the unconscious undergraduate, who leaves a trail of conspicuous footprints on the turf. A Fellow in a mullioned window next the doorway scowls at the young man through a glass.
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Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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