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James Gillray
1756-1815
William Lamb / sketched by Humphrey - ; spoil'd by Gillray.
[London] : Sold by R.Wilkinson, No. 58 Cornhill, [1781].
stipple engraving with roulette
image: 179 x 137 mm, oval; sheet: 270 x 201 mm
Peel 2258
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Engraved text below image: Dedicated to all Lovers of your bold, Masterly Touches, & Publish'd Novr 1st 1781 by J. Gillray, to shew the bad effect of Cobbling & Altering. 'Fool that I was thus to Cobble my Shoe'."
This state with Gillray's engraved inscriptions but before the plate was defaced.
Trimmed within plate mark.
Engraved text below image: Dedicated to all Lovers of your bold, Masterly Touches, & Publish'd Novr 1st 1781 by J. Gillray, to shew the bad effect of Cobbling & Altering. 'Fool that I was thus to Cobble my Shoe'."
This state with Gillray's engraved inscriptions but before the plate was defaced.
Trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Oval portrait, three-quarter length, of William Lamb (afterwards Lord Melbourne) as a child, wearing a hat with a frilly ribbon.
Associated names
Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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