Characters in high life [graphic] : sketch'd at the new rooms, Opera House / Js. Gy. des. et fect.
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Description
- Title
- Characters in high life [graphic] : sketch'd at the new rooms, Opera House / Js. Gy. des. et fect.
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Rutland, Mary Isabella Manners,--Duchess of,--1756-1831--Caricatures and cartoons. - Published / Created
- 1795 June 20
- Copyright Date
- [20 June 1795]
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Publisher
- H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"A tall handsome lady walks diagonally forwards from left to right, her left hand on the arm of a much shorter companion with a larger head, perhaps a young girl. The latter, though her dress is simple, has a grotesquely high bunch of erect feathers in her turban, and holds a large fan. The tall lady is wearing a fashionable turbine with tall feathers at the front, a high-waisted dress, with voluminous petticoats and a flowing train. Drapery is twisted round her waist and festooned about her skirts. In the background ladies with erect feathers in their hair are freely sketched. An officer in back view leads a lady by the hand, an enormous cocked hat in his left hand."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
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One line of quoted text below title: "Delightful task! to teach the young idea how to shoot!"
Title etched below image. - Extent
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 35.4 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 39 x 29 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. 8
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- still image
- Genre
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Etchings--England--London--1795.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1795.
Watermarks (Paper)--J Whatman. - Subject (Name)
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Rutland, Mary Isabella Manners,--Duchess of,--1756-1831--Caricatures and cartoons. - Subject (Topic)
- Clothing & dress--England--1790-1800.
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.
- Citation
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Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8722
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 404
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 196
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8045143
- Object ID (OID)
- 11859424