[Sketch of a portrait of Isaac D'Israeli] [art original].

Description

Title: [Sketch of a portrait of Isaac D'Israeli] [art original].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1802]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Head and shoulders of Isaac D'Israeli, in profile to the right, with features exaggerated. Notes by the artist scribbled above and below image
Description: Title devised by curator.
Annotation (signature?) in lower right in pencil: Gillray delin.
Date based on publication date of the print entitled "Scientific researches! New discoveries in pneumaticks! ...", which includes a similar but reversed depiction of D'Israeli in profile. Cf. No. 9923 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
James Gillray, English caricaturist, 1756-1815.
Mounted on leaf 38 of volume 12 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 drawing : image 8.0 x 6 cm, on sheet 12.2 x 8 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Portraits
Ink drawings British 19th century
Material: pen and ink ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848
Subjects: Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848 > Caricatures and cartoons
British > 19th century
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: James Gillray, Sketch of a Portrait of Isaac D'Israeli. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.