Cymon & Iphigenia [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Cymon & Iphigenia [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Cymon and Iphigenia
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [2 May 1796]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 2d, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Abstract
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"A burlesque of the discovery by Cymon of Iphigenia asleep. A fat country-woman, whose dark skin and coarse features give her a negroid appearance, leans against a sandy bank. A hideous yokel, advancing from the right, stoops towards her, dropping his stick and gaping with delighted surprise."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Thomas Adams is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray.
Garrick's 'Cymon and Iphigenia', 1767, adapted from Dryden's version of Boccaccio's tale, made the story familiar and popular. It was the subject of a picture by Reynolds.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges.
1 print : stipple engraving & etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.7 x 31.3 cm.
Mounted on leaf 14 of volume 9 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 27 x 32 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. 9
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Stipple engravings England London 1796
Etchings England London 1796 - Material
- stipple engraving & etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Couples
Sleeping - Subjects
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Couples
Sleeping
England > 1796
England > London > 1796
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
- Catalog Record
- 8068525
- Object ID (OID)
- 11860551
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