A decent story [graphic].

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Title: A decent story [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [9 November 1795]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Novr. 9th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Abstract: "A stout man (right), seated at a round table, tells a story to a parson on his left, who grins broadly. Two women fix the raconteur with expressions of absorbed amusement, while an officer is more frankly amused at watching the lady on his right. All are elderly. On the table are a decanter of 'Port' and glasses. A patterned carpet completes the design. From a sketch by an amateur."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.5 x 34.3 cm.
Watermark, partially trimmed: Turkey Mills [J. Whatman].
Mounted on leaf 77 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 23 x 30 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Etchings England London 1795
Watermarks (Paper) Turkey Mills J. Whatman
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Chairs
Clergy
Floor coverings
Military uniforms
British
Storytelling
Subjects: Chairs
Clergy
Floor coverings
Military uniforms > British
Storytelling
England > 1795
England > London > 1795
Turkey Mills > J. Whatman
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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