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James Gillray
1756-1815
Paille d'Avoine,-paille d'Avoine / Drawn by Saml Egerton Leigh Esqr.
Published
[London] : Pubd Novr 10th 1786. by H. Humphrey New Bond Street, [1786]
etching
plate mark: 214 x 163 mm; sheet: 227 x 175 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2539
Notes
Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum online catalog.
Printmaker from British Museum online catalog.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
An old Frenchwoman walks in profile to the right carrying a large sack attached to her back by a strap across her breast. She wears sabots; on her chin is a tuft of hair. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
Associated names
Leigh, Samuel Egerton, artist.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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