The Miser's Feast: P.450-1991

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Titles

The Miser's Feast

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Holland, William

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 299 mm
Width: 376 mm

Relative size of this object

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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

People, subjects and objects depicted

Print
Death

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
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 January 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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