Windy weather [graphic]

Description

Title: Windy weather [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [10 February 1808]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "A thin, sharp-featured man walks in the teeth of the wind, holding on his hat, and with his left hand in his breeches pocket. His hat-brim, hair, cravat, coat, the tail of his shirt, the strings of his breeches and shoes, all fly backwards. He walks (right to left) up a rough sandy road edged by windswept bushes. A milestone is inscribed 'To Hampstead Hill'. On the horizon (right) is St. Paul's, dominating the spires of London, and backed by dense cloud."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xiii.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24.3 x 19.0 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1808
Etchings England London 1808
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Autumn
Cityscapes
Milestones
Winds
Subjects: Autumn
Cityscapes
Milestones
Winds
England > 1808
England > London > 1808
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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