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James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 3 - "The Master's Wig the guilty wight appals, who brings his Dog within the College walls.", 1806
- Title:
The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 3 - "The Master's Wig the guilty wight appals, who brings his Dog within the College walls."
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1806
- Medium:
- Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 7/8 inches (25 × 35.3 cm), Image: 9 × 13 7/8 inches (22.8 × 35.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "The Rake's-Progress at the University. __No.3__"; lower center, bracketed: "The Master's Wig the guilty wight appals | Who brings his Dog within the College walls."; lower right: "Publishd October 22d 1806 | by H. Humphrey No 27 st James Street | London"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1995.23.24
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- academic robes | angry | breeches | broom | caricature | cravats | dog (animal) | doorway | genre subject | gesturing | grass | green | humor | men | mortar boards | parody | pointing | quadrangle | satire | servant | shadows | spying | students | tassels | The Rake's-Progress at the University | university | watching | wigs | youth
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4715
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