[L'enfant trouvé] [graphic] / drawn by Countess Spencer ; engrav'd by Js. Gillray.

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Title: [L'enfant trouvé] [graphic] / drawn by Countess Spencer ; engrav'd by Js. Gillray.
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Spencer, Lavinia, Countess, 1762-1831, artist.
Published / Created: 1785 April 4
Copyright Date: [4 April 1785]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: S. Vivares, Great Newport Street
Abstract: "Two young women holding an infant between them, looking down at it affectionately, the one on the right turned three-quarters from the viewer; in an oval; after Lady Spencer."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state.
Description: Early state lacking title. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.3320.
Title from later state in the British Museum.
Extent: 1 print : stipple engraving with roulette on laid paper ; oval image 16.1 x 17.5 cm, on sheet 25.0 x 25.0 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Stipple engravings--England--London--1785.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Spencer, Lavinia, Countess, 1762-1831, artist.

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 372