"Oh! that this too too solid flesh would melt" [graphic].

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Title: "Oh! that this too too solid flesh would melt" [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 March 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. March 20th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Abstract: "A very short and corpulent woman stands full face, her handkerchief is raised towards her face as if to mop it, her left arm is clasped by a man of similar proportions, who kneels in profile to the left, looking up at her with a pained expression."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Text in lower right corner below image: Design'd for the Shakespeare Gallery.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Parody on Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery -- Obesity.
Provenance: Old Print Shop ; 1961.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 22 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Stipple engravings England London 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Material: etching & stipple engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1791
England > London > 1791
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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