"Oh! that this too too solid flesh would melt" [graphic].
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11859351
Description
- Title
- "Oh! that this too too solid flesh would melt" [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [20 March 1791]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. March 20th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"A very short and corpulent woman stands full face, her handkerchief is raised towards her face as if to mop it, her left arm is clasped by a man of similar proportions, who kneels in profile to the left, looking up at her with a pained expression."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Text in lower right corner below image: Design'd for the Shakespeare Gallery.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Parody on Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery -- Obesity.
1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 21.4 x 22.2 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges.
Mounted on leaf 3 of volume 8 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 22 x 24 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 8
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Stipple engravings England London 1791
Etchings England London 1791 - Material
- etching & stipple engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
-
England > 1791
England > London > 1791
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
- Orbis Record
- 7768122
- Object ID (OID)
- 11859351
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