Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The bear and his leader [copy 1].
Call Number
D West 49/GC108/Box 03/Normal/Titles A-Z GA 2006.01300
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/m326m181p
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1826/05/19.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1826
Extent
1 item ; print 23.5 x 33.4 cm. plate 24.8 x 34.5 cm. sheet 29.7 x 41.5 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego, p. 333
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Inscribed in plate: "The Bear and his Leader - what tho' I am obligated to Dance a Bear, a Man may be a Gentleman for all that. My Bear ever dances to the Genteelest of Tunes".
Signed in plate, lower left: "Js. Gillray fec.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Fox, Charles James 1749-1806—Caricatures and cartoons
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville Baron 1759-1834—Caricatures and cartoons
Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice Marquess of 1780-1863—Caricatures and cartoons
Political cartoons—Great Britain—19th century
Prime ministers—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Sidmouth, Henry Addington Viscount 1757-1844—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/279f4fcb-0dcb-4d15-990f-a168edf6d33b/manifest