"An elderly 'cit' sleeps in a low, upright chair, leaning back till his profile faces the ceiling. His hands are clasped over his chest, his wig dangles from his coat-collar, and he puffs from tightly shut lips. The room is bare with a boarded floor. On a round table are a jug and glass, and the sleeper's pipe lying on 'Cobbett's Political Register'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication inferred from John Miller's entry in London Publishers and Printers, by Philip A.H. Brown (London, British Library, 1982)., Plate from: The caricatures of Gillray. London : John Miller, [between 1824 and 1827], opposite page 142., A reduced copy of a print by Gillray, published 1 November 1806 by Hannah Humphrey. Cf. No. 10644 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8., Cf. Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist, page 343., and Cf. Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 561.
Publisher:
Published by John Miller, Bridge Street, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh
Subject (Topic):
Sleep, Sleeping, Wigs, Pipes (Smoking), and Newspapers
