A modern antique [graphic]

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Title: A modern antique [graphic]
Contributor: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [26 November 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Nov. 26th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
Abstract: An obese old lady is shown seated at a card table, wearing a flowered dress, her hair piled high and topped by a cap from which a spider dangles behind her
Description: Title etched below image.
Possibly etched by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 17.6 x 12.4 cm, on sheet 20.3 x 13.5 cm.
Mounted on leaf 13a (i.e. verso of leaf 12) of volume 7 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 : plate mark 17.6 x 12.4 cm, on sheet 21 x 14 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching, hand-colored ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Card games
Spiders
Subjects: Card games
Spiders
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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