The shadow of a duke [graphic] / Js. Gy. desn. et fect.

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Title: The shadow of a duke [graphic] / Js. Gy. desn. et fect.
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Hamilton, Douglas Hamilton,--Duke of,--1756-1799--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Thornton, Thomas,--1757-1823--Caricatures and cartoons.
Published / Created: 1795 June 25
Copyright Date: [25 June 1795]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Abstract: "A man walks away from the spectator, slightly to the right, showing a whiskered right cheek. He wears a high round hat with a curved brim, sparrow-tail coat, and spurred top-boots. His shoulders are sprinkled with hair-powder (see BMSat 8190, &c). In his right hand is a riding-switch. He is in shadow. On the extreme right is the arm and left leg of a man in the exact position of his shadow, dressed in the same way."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching with aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.6 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 46 x 30 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1795.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1795.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Hamilton, Douglas Hamilton,--Duke of,--1756-1799--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Thornton, Thomas,--1757-1823--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress--England--1790-1800.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8715
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 406