"Gentle manners, with affections mild, "in wit a man, simplicity a child [graphic].

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Title: "Gentle manners, with affections mild, "in wit a man, simplicity a child [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [4 November 1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Novr. 4th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Abstract: "General Manners walks in profile to the left, with knees flexed, bending forward, his hands clasped behind his back, a cane under his arm. He wears a round hat, small pigtail, and plain, old-fashioned dress."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Men -- Walking staves -- Literature: quotation from Epitaph on John Gay by Alexander Pope (1688-1744).
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.3 x 18.3 cm, on sheet 34.2 x 24.0 cm.
Mounted on leaf 69 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 26 x 17 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Manners, Robert, 1758-1832
Subjects: Manners, Robert, 1758-1832 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1798
England > London > 1798
J Whatman
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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