Brigade major Weymouth 1797. [graphic]

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Title: Brigade major Weymouth 1797. [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [15 November 1797]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Novr. 15th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "A stout officer sits on a charger in profile to the left, his head turned from the spectator, his right arm outstretched, holding a cane, as if directing manoeuvres."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: officers' uniforms (Guards) -- Sir Harry Burrard, 1755-1813, or John Reid, 1721-1807.
1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 36.6 x 26.2 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 31.9 cm.
Watermark: J. Whatman 1811.
Mounted on leaf 59 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 37 x 26 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Etchings England London 1797
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1811
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1797
England > London > 1797
J. Whatman > 1811
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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