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More pigs than teats or The new litter of hungry grunters sucking John Bull's old sow to death
published (1818)
from The Caricatures of Gillray published by John Miller, London and William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1818
Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
19.4 × 26.0 cm (image) 22.2 × 28.9 cm (plate) 24.5 × 30.5 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 10540C; Wright & Evans 311 (copy)
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: J.s (s in supercsript above . ) Gillray Inv.t (t in superscript above . ) march 1806
printed in ink (in image) l.l.-l.r.: More PIGS than TEATS_or_the new Litter of hungry Grunters sucking John Bulls-old Sow to death—
printed in ink l.c.: London: Published by John Miller, Bridge Street, & W. Blackwood, Edinburgh
printed in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) u.c.-u.r.: _OLord! OLord!_well I never had such a dom’d Litter of hungry Pigs in all my life before— / why theys beyond all count_where the devil do they think I shall find Wash & Grains for all their Guts? / Zookers why they’ll drain the poor old Sow to an Otomy! / e’cod she’ll make but bad Bacon before Boney when theys / all done sucking O her !!!
Accession Number
1996-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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