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Title
The apostate Jack R_ the political rat catcher [copy 2].
Call Number
D North 51/GC112/Box 01/Normal/Prints/Titles A GA 2014.00081
Identifier
ark:/88435/tb09jd767
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], n.d. [1784/03/01]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1784
Extent
1 item ; sheet 21.8 x 33.8 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego I, p. 118
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: Before the door of the Treasury, from whence the converter of rats draws his supply of baits and lures, travelling cautiously on all-fours and feeling his way, the political rat-catcher is slyly augmenting his captures. Round the apostate Jack's waist hangs the cestus of corruption, in his pocket is a little aide-de-camp, who is made to cry "We'll ferret them out!" On his back is a double-trap, baited with miniature coronets, places, &c. One or two rats have been secured in this. Golden pieces strew the floor, and with these the rats to be captured are playing and coquetting. A large bait of pension is held to the nose of one grave old veteran, probably intended for Edmund Burke, and the other rats are watching the bait with longing looks. A placard is pinned on the wall "Jack Robinson, Rat-catcher to Great Britain, Vermin preserved." Under the heading of "Rats of Note" is given the very list of apostates as published in the Morning Post, beneath Jack Robinson's p
Unsigned.

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Subject
Caricature
Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century
Anthropomorphism in art
Animals—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Rats—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Corruption—Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain. Treasury—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Pension trusts—Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons

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File Count
1

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Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/6e6f0054-b538-4230-8563-055734b2a63c/manifest