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James Gillray
1756-1815
The rake's-progress at the university. No. 1.
London : Publish'd October 22d 1806 - by Hh. Humphrey - No 27 St James's Street, [1806]
etching and aquatint, hand colored
image: 225 x 346 mm; plate mark: 250 x 350 mm; sheet: 340 x 477 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.360
Notes
By James Gillray.
One of a set of 5 etchings, all bearing the same imprint.
At right of title: Ah me! what perils doth that Youth encounter, Who dares within the Fellow's Bog to enter!
One of a set of 5 etchings, all bearing the same imprint.
At right of title: Ah me! what perils doth that Youth encounter, Who dares within the Fellow's Bog to enter!
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows two Fellows walking in cap and gown under a stone arcade reacting with shocked disapproval to a dismayed undergraduate emerging from a doorway and adjusting his pants. Another undergraduate with gold-embroidered gown, and the gold tassel denoting a peer, watches the encounter with amused delight.
Associated names
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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