Quiz-zing a filly [graphic].

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Title: Quiz-zing a filly [graphic].
Alternative Title: Quizzing a filly
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [26 May 1795]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. May 26th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Str
Abstract: "Three-quarter length portrait of the Duke of Queensberry, old and rakish, standing in profile to the right, and leering through a quizzing-glass. He wears a battered hat and ruffled shirt. His cane hangs from a coat-button."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Quizzing glasses.
Provenance: Old Print Shop ; 1961.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 12.5 x 8.2 cm, on sheet 13 x 9 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Etchings England London 1795
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Queensbury, William Douglas, Duke of, 1724-1811
Subjects: Queensbury, William Douglas, Duke of, 1724-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1795
England > London > 1795
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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