Renwick Williams, a man who attacked women; represented by a grotesque fiend wielding an exaggerated knife and fork and holding a young woman up by the skirt. Etching by J. Gillray, 1790.

Credit: Wellcome Collection

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 25.3 x 35.5 cm

Work type

• Pictures

Lettering

The monster going to take his afternoons luncheon.

Contributors

• Gillray, James

Subjects

• Women - Crimes against.,
• Knives.,
• Forks.,
• Williams, Renwick.

Genres

• Caricatures.,
• Etchings.

Places

• [London] (18 Old Bond Strt.)

Agents

• H. Humphrey

Dates

• 10 May 1790

Language

• English

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Credit

Renwick Williams, a man who attacked women; represented by a grotesque fiend wielding an exaggerated knife and fork and holding a young woman up by the skirt. Etching by J. Gillray, 1790..{' '} Credit: Wellcome Collection. CC BY