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Lubber's-hole, alias the crack'd Jordan

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Lubber's-hole, alias the crack'd Jordan

[London] : Pubd. Novr. 1st. 1791, by H. Humphrey N 18, Old Bond Street, [1791]
etching, hand colored
image: 252 x 204 mm; plate mark: 276 x 211 mm; sheet: 285 x 223 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.202
Notes
By James Gillray.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows a large chamber pot, cracked, supported by the legs of Mrs. Jordan. The Duke of Clarence has thrust his head and shoulders within a fissure in the ']ordan', singing a chanty, "Yeo! Yee! Yeo!" He is in back view and wears striped sailor's trousers; his naval coat with its star hangs on the wall.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints