The Monster Portrait of Rynwick Williams, known as 'The Monster'
Printmaker: Unknown
Etching on paper. Proof with scratched letters. Half-length portrait of a man in profile, facing right, with wig tied back in a bow and wearing a jacket with buttons open to reveal a white shirt and lace cravat at the neck. Title engraved with closed letters below the image: 'THE MONSTER.' Scratched letters below: 'Published July 9 1790. N.o 16 Ludgate Street'. Formerly thought to be by Thomas Gillray. The sheet is laid down on a larger sheet of heavy paper which is laid down onto a large sheet of card, similar to others found in the same location. The secondary support is inscribed at lower left in graphite: 'Rynwick Williams / View at the Old Bailey for assaulting / females'. The card is inscribed at lower right in graphite (probably in the hand of FM curator, Eric Chamberlain): 'BM Satires 7731'. See Notes.
Unknown
by unknown
18th Century
Production date:
AD 1790-07-09
Height 266mm (plate) x width 207mm (plate); height 273mm (sheet) x width 212mm (sheet)
Etching : Etching
Accession number: P.14821-R
Primary reference Number: 225430
O'Donoghue: 2
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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