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A modern antique / Trumps fecet 1782.

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James Gillray
A modern antique / Trumps fecet 1782.
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plate mark: 176 x 124 mm; sheet 192 x 133 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2400
Published: 
[London] : Pubd. Nov. 26th 1782 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street, [1782]
Provenance: 
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Inscription: 

Inscribed "Miss Steele" in ink below image.

Notes: 

Possibly by Gillray (cf. George).

Summary: 

An obese old lady is shown seated at a card table, wearing a flowered dress, her hair piled high and topped by a cap from which a spider dangles behind her.

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Artist page: 
Gillray, James
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Print
Department: 
Drawings and Prints