A bravura air Mandane / [graphic]

Description

Title: A bravura air Mandane / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Mandane
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [22 December 1801]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Decr. 22d, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "Mrs. Billington, directed to the right, sings with head thrown back, right hand on her breast, left arm extended. She is stout and majestic, wears many jewels and quasi-contemporary dress, with four tall feathers and jewelled aigrette in her hair, from which hangs a long drapery."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched at top of image.
Watermark: J. Ruse.
Mounted on leaf 63 of volume 10 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 : plate mark 35.7 x 26 cm, on sheet 39.9 x 30 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1801
Etchings England London 1801
Stipple engravings England London 1801
Watermarks (Paper) J. Ruse
Material: etching & stipple engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818
Subjects: Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1801
England > London > 1801
J. Ruse
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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