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Parasols for 1795 / Js. Gy. des. et fect.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Parasols for 1795 / Js. Gy. des. et fect.

[London] : Pubd. June 15th 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street, [1795]
etching and aquatint, hand colored
image: 303 x 232 mm; plate mark: 352 x 249 mm; sheet: 439 x 293 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.143
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows a man and woman from the back, dressed in a burlesque of the fashions of the day. The woman holds a tiny fringed parasol, the hinged stick bent at a right angle, her small straw hat is trimmed with three enormous aigrettes of straw and her dress hangs limply round her ankles. The man wears a hat with a round crown and an enormous brim curving upwards at the sides and bent down back and front, so that it covers his shoulders. He is thin and elongated, with tail-coat, long breeches, striped stockings, and half-boots of Hessian cut. In his right hand is a cane.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints