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James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 2 - "Ah me! that thou the Freshman's-Guide should'st read, yet venture on the hallowed grass to tread", 1806
- Title:
The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 2 - "Ah me! that thou the Freshman's-Guide should'st read, yet venture on the hallowed grass to tread"
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1806
- Medium:
- Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 7/8 inches (24.7 × 35.3 cm), Image: 8 7/8 × 13 3/4 inches (22.6 × 35 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "The Rake's-Progress at the University. __No.2.__"; lower center, bracketed: "Ah me! _that thou the Freshman's-Guide should'st read | Yet venture on the hallowed grass to tread.__"; lower right: "Publishd October 22d 1806, | by H. Humphrey No27 _ | St James's Street London"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1995.23.23
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- academic robes | angry | book | breeches | broom | caricature | cravats | doorway | footprints | genre subject | grass | green | humor | men | mortar boards | parody | quadrangle | satire | spying | students | tassels | The Rake's Progress at the University (1806) | university | watching | windows | youth
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