Skip to main content

A Voluptuary under the Horrors of Digestion: P.280-1948

An image of Print
View image details Mirador icon - view image Mirador deep zoom IIIF Manifest IIIF Manifest Slow looking

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Alternative views

An image of Print
An image of Print
Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Voluptuary under the Horrors of Digestion

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1948) by Beaumont, Violet, Lady

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1792

Note

Published July 2d 1792

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.280-1948
Primary reference Number: 162013
Stephens/George: 8112

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "A Voluptuary under the Horrors of Digestion" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162013 Accessed: 2025-12-06 06:05:15

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162013 |title=A Voluptuary under the Horrors of Digestion |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-06 06:05:15|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-162013

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp82/P_280_1948_1_201811_amt49_dc2.jpg"
        alt="A Voluptuary under the Horrors of Digestion"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">A Voluptuary under the Horrors of Digestion</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo