A lady at a card party who does not play [graphic].

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Title: A lady at a card party who does not play [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815 printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [22 May 1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 22 May 1788 by H. Humprey [sic], N. 51 New Bond St.
Abstract: "The head of a lady in profile to the right, yawning violently. A mob-cap perched on her hair has long lappets which fall on her shoulders."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Gillray by Wright.
Temporary local subject terms: Yawns -- Female hats: mob cap.
1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 10.0 x 7.6 cm, on sheet 19.0 x 13.8 cm.
Mounted on leaf 50 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 9.9 x 7.6 cm, on sheet 15 x 13 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Etchings England London 1788
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1788
England > London > 1788
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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