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Miss, I have a monstrous crow to pluck with you!! / [Gillray].

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James Gillray

Miss, I have a monstrous crow to pluck with you!! / [Gillray].

Published

[London] : H. Humphrey, 1794.

engraving
image: 24 x 28.7 cm; plate: 25.5 x 28.7 cm; sheet: 26.5 x 30.5 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2838
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

A mother and daughter face each other in profile. An elderly woman, heavily moustached and bearded, sits at a small rectangular table, her right forefinger accusingly pointed at a young woman (closely resembling her), apparently pregnant, who stands holding a fan with an expression of wary apprehension. Beneath the table is a large crow, one foot raised, turning its head towards the elder woman to say "Oh! too bad".

Associated names
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints