Count Roupee [graphic].

Description

Title: Count Roupee [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [5 June 1797]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 5th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "A small ugly man rides a galloping horse in profile to the left, his leg thrust forward. He wears spectacles, his complexion is dark. There is a background of grass and trees, and in the distance a building with a pediment, evidently the new Knightsbridge Barracks (see 'Gent. Mag.', July 1797, p. 545, pl.)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Text following title: Vide Hyde Park.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Horseback riding -- Buildings: Knigthsbridge Barracks.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.2 x 35.8 cm, on sheet 28.4 x 43.6 cm.
Watermark: Turkey Mills J. Whatman 1818.
Mounted on leaf 50 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 36 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Etchings England London 1797
Watermarks (Paper) Turkey Mills J Whatman
Watermarks (Paper) Turkey Mills J. Whatman 1818
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Benfield, Paul, approximately 1740-1810
Subjects: Benfield, Paul, approximately 1740-1810 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1797
England > London > 1797
Turkey Mills J Whatman
Turkey Mills J. Whatman > 1818
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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