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James Gillray
1756-1815
Venus attired by the Graces / J: C: Esqr. del. ; Js. Gy. fect.
Published
[London] : Publish'd Decr 8th 1800 by H. Humphrey, St James's Street, [1800]
etching, hand colored
image: 235 x 347 mm; plate mark: 255 x 359 mm; sheet: 270 x 374 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 3142
Summary
Print shows a large woman sitting squarely on a stool, in stays and petticoat with clumsy ungartered stockings. Three women, intended by the artist to appear grotesquely ugly, advance towards her, one with a cap, the other with a petticoat, a third with a chamber-pot. On the ground are combs, hair-tongs, tankard, pin-cushion, fan, and garters, one inscribed 'Set thy thoughts on things above'.
Associated names
J. C., designer.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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