Philip Thicknesse Esqr. [graphic].

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Title: Philip Thicknesse Esqr. [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created: [14 September 1790]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Septr. 14th, 1790, by J. Ridgway, York Street, St. James's Sque
Abstract: Half-length portrait in an oval, Philip Thicknessee looking right, frowning and brow knit
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Variant state, with a verse contained in a scroll above Thicknesse's portrait, of frontispiece from Curious facts and anecdotes not contained in the memoirs of Philip Thicknesse ...
Two lines of text quoted from Horace below title: "Absentem qui rodit amicum, "hic niger est, hune, tu Romane caveto! Horat.
Four lines of verse in a scroll above image begin: No ties can hold him, no affection bind ...
Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; 1961.
Extent: 1 print : oval design 8.4 x 6.9 cm, on sheet 15 x 10 cm
Edition: [State with a verse contained in a scroll above Thicknesse's portrait].
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Book illustrations
Stipple engravings England London 1790
Etchings England London 1790
Material: etching & stipple engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Thicknesse, Philip, 1719-1792,
Subjects: Thicknesse, Philip, 1719-1792
England > London > 1790
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
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