A standing-dish at Boodles* [graphic].

Description

Title: A standing-dish at Boodles* [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [28 May 1800]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. May 28th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "A stout elderly man (three-quarter length) sits astride across a chair, his arms folded on its back; he wears a hat and holds a cane; his head is turned in profile to the left, and is seen through the wide-open sash of a window in Boodle's, St. James's Street. On the wall behind (left) is a portrait of a horse: 'Yellow Filly'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Text below title and imprint statement: *Vide: a d---'d good coca-tree pun.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Coffee houses: Cocoa Tree -- Clubs: Boodles -- Paintings: Yellow Filly -- Architectural details: sash window -- Furniture: ladderback chair -- Sir Frank Standish, 1746-1812.
Provenance: Old Print Shop ; Mar. 1961 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25 x 17 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Aquatints England London 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Material: etching & aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1800
England > London > 1800
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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