A connoisseur examining a Cooper [graphic]

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Title: A connoisseur examining a Cooper [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [18 June 1792]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 18th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Abstract: "George III (three-quarter length) stands in profile to the left, nearsightedly examining an oval miniature of Oliver Cromwell by the light of a candle held in his left hand. The half length, looking to the right, in armour, probably derives from the pl. after Cooper in Mechell's ed. of Rapin's 'History', 1733. The candlestick is of massive plate holding a candle-end supported on a save-all (cf. BMSat 8091). The King is only slightly caricatured, but his receding forehead and chin and open mouth are exaggerated."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Temporary local subject terms: Lighting: candlesticks -- Paintings: miniatures -- Reference to Samuel Cooper, 1609-1672.
Matted to 62 x 49 cm.
Provenance: Frederick B. Daniell & Son.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35 x 25 cm, on sheet 37 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Stipple engravings England London 1792
Etchings England London 1792
Material: stipple engraving with etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1792
England > London > 1792
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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