Mary of Buttermere [graphic]

Description

Title: Mary of Buttermere [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [15 November 1802]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Novr. 15th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Abstract: "Portrait of Mary Robinson; a young serving woman with keys at her waist and her hair dressed loosely with flowers, carrying a jug and two frothing glasses on a tray to table on the left, where an elderly man in a neckerchief sits smoking with a companion; a punch-bowl on a shelf and a large ham on a table behind to right; in a double frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Text below title: Sketch'd from life, July 1800.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge.
Mounted on leaf 81 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 : sheet 34.7 x 26.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints England 1802
Etchings England London 1802
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1802
England > London > 1802
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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