James Gillray, 1756–1815, BritishPublished by Hannah Humphrey, ca. 1745–1818, British
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"
Date:
1806
Materials & Techniques:
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)
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:
spying | students | academic robes | university | book | cravats | watching | footprints | youth | breeches | caricature | parody | mortar boards | humor | genre subject | green | doorway | grass | men | windows | angry | quadrangle | tassels | satire | broom | The Rake's Progress at the University (1806)