"And would'st thou turn the vile reproach on me?" [graphic]

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Title: "And would'st thou turn the vile reproach on me?" [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [2 February 1807]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Feby. 2d, 1807, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "A grotesquely hideous man, lean and elderly, sits in an armchair addressing a comely young woman who stands demurely (l.), her pose accentuating her pregnancy. Behind them is an empty fireplace; on the chimney-piece is a Venus pudica flanked by cupids, one with a bow and arrow, the other with a torch. On the wall are two pictures; (l.) a cock and hen facing each other like fighting-cocks, and (r.) a horse in the last stage of decrepitude, assailed by carrion birds."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Mounted on leaf 49 of volume 11 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 24.7 x 35 cm, on sheet 27.9 x 38 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Stipple engravings England London 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Material: stipple engraving & etching with roulette ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1807
England > London > 1807
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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