A modern antique / Trumps fecet 1782.
Image not available
James Gillray
A modern antique / Trumps fecet 1782.
etching
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.
Catalog link:
Artist page:
Century:
Classification:
Department: