[Portrait of William Lamb as a child] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Portrait of William Lamb as a child] [graphic].
Alternative Title: Sketch'd by Humphrey, spoil'd by Gillray
Sketched by Humphrey, spoiled by Gillray
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, publisher.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, artist.
Melbourne, William Lamb,--Viscount,--1779-1848.
Published / Created: 1781 November 1
Copyright Date: [1 November 1781]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: J. Gillray, Chelsea
Abstract: "Three quarter length portrait of a child wearing a hat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of similar composition.
Description: Early state of a plate later defaced by scratches and published with additional text below image. Cf. No. 5912 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Printmaker and artist from text below image on later state.
Title devised by cataloger; varying form of title from text below image on later state.
Extent: 1 print : crayon manner & stipple engraving on laid paper ; sheet 26.0 x 19.4 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Crayon manner prints--England--London--1781.
Portrait prints--England--1781.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1781.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, publisher.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, artist.
Melbourne, William Lamb,--Viscount,--1779-1848.

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