"The monster" (Renwick Williams) attacking a woman with a knife and fork. Etching by J. Gillray, 1790.
- James Gillray
- Date:
- 10 May 1790
- Reference:
- 11193i
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Description
A man who attacked women, represented by a grotesque fiend wielding an exaggerated knife and fork and holding a young woman up by the skirt. Later identified as Renwick Williams.
Publication/Creation
[London] (18 Old Bond Strt.) : H. Humphrey, 10 May 1790.
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 25.3 x 35.5 cm
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Lettering
Bears number lower right : 15
Notes
Title from caption below image.
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. VI, London 1938, no. 7727A
Reference
Wellcome Collection 11193i
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