An old encore at the opera [graphic]

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Title: An old encore at the opera [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 April 1803]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. April 1st, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "Lord Galloway, standing in profile to the left., extends both arms in order to clap vigorously. The words "Bravo! - Bravo!" issue from his tightly-closed lips. His aged face is wrinkled and he wears a curiously shaped powdered wig terminating in a small pigtail; a tight-fitting coat, with his famous star (see BMSat 10161), and a frilled shirt. The front of the box is indicated on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Opera.
Identification of "Lord Galloway" in ink on former mount (37 x 28 cm), which was removed by conservator in 2017.
Matted to 49 x 37 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.7 x 20.0 cm, on sheet 30.5 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1803
Caricatures England London 1803
Stipple engravings England London 1803
Etchings England London 1803
Material: etching & stipple engraving with roulette ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Galloway, John Stewart, Earl of, 1736-1806
Subjects: Galloway, John Stewart, Earl of, 1736-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1803
England > London > 1803
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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