A connoisseur examining a Cooper [graphic] / Js. Gy. del. et fecit ad vivam.

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Title: A connoisseur examining a Cooper [graphic] / Js. Gy. del. et fecit ad vivam.
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Cromwell, Oliver,--1599-1658--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Copyright Date: [18 June 1792]
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.
Extent: 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35 x 25 cm, on sheet 37 x 27 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1792.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1792.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1792.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Cromwell, Oliver,--1599-1658--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 8107
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 148