Cupid [graphic]

Description

Title: Cupid [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [7 May 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "The ugly and ungainly Nicholls, naked except for floating drapery, and with heavy, feathered wings, stands directed to the right, drawing the string of his bow. He stands on clouds which form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
No. 4 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology.
Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Cupid.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.0 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 33.5 x 24.2 cm.
Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1817.
Mounted on leaf 15 of volume 5 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26 x 21 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1817
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832
Subjects: Nicholls, John, 1745?-1832 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
J. Whatman Turkey Mills > 1817
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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