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James Gillray
1756-1815
A cognocenti contemplating ye beauties of ye antique / Js. Gillray - invt - & fect.
[London] : Pubd. Feby. 11th. 1801, by H. Humphrey. 27 St James's Street, [1801]
etching, hand colored
image: 330 x 249 mm; plate mark: 358 x 251 mm; inlaid in sheet: 520 x 359 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.506
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows an elderly Sir William Hamilton inspecting his antiquities, all of which refer to his wife, Lady Emma Hamilton and her lover, Lord Horatio Nelson. In the background hang four pictures on the wall: "Cleopatra", a picture of Lady Hamilton with her breasts exposed, holding a gin bottle; "Mark Anthony", Lord Nelson with a sea battle in background: an erupting volcano; and a portrait of Hamilton, facing away from the other paintings and titled "Claudius".
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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