A fat man sits at his fireside taking snuff with a smoking pipe and drink by his side. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1822, after J. Gillray.

  • Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
Date:
25 January 1822
Reference:
24978i
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view A fat man sits at his fireside taking snuff with a smoking pipe and drink by his side. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1822, after J. Gillray.

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A fat man sits at his fireside taking snuff with a smoking pipe and drink by his side. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, c. 1822, after J. Gillray. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A paper entitled "Parliamentry debates" rests on the man's knee

Publication/Creation

London (27 St. James's St.) : G. Humphrey, 25 January 1822.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour

Lettering

A pinch of cephalic etched by G. Cruikshank from a sketch by the late Jas. Gillray

Reference

Wellcome Collection 24978i

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