A portrait [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A portrait [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [12 May 1796]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 12th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Abstract
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"Sir David Dundas on horseback, in profile to the left, drills a line of cavalry at some distance. He holds a gold-headed cane in place of a whip and sits his horse in the manner of a bad rider. His foot is thrust forward so that his boot projects beyond the animal's chest (cf. Nos. 7233, 7242); he holds the curb rein only, and this is merely placed between his hand and the cane; the snaffle lies on the horse's neck. The animal is clumsy, with shaggy fetlocks. Under the saddle is a leopard-skin. Dundas is on rising ground above the level of the soldiers who are drawn up facing some tents."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Thomas Adams is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue.
Earlier state of No. 11256 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printmaker's signature and imprint. Printmaker and imprint from impression in the New York Historical Society collection.
Temporary local subject terms: Horsemanship -- Military camps -- Military manoeuvres: cavalry drill -- Military uniforms: Quartermaster general, Horse Guards.
1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 34.9 x 40.8 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge.
Mounted on leaf 64a (i.e. verso of leaf 63) of volume 6 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 33 x 40 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 6
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Stipple engravings England London 1796 - Material
- etching & stipple engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Dundas, David, Sir, 1735-1820
- Subjects
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Dundas, David, Sir, 1735-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1796
England > London > 1796
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 8081165
- Object ID (OID)
- 11858974
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