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What a cur 'tis / [Gillray].

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James Gillray

What a cur 'tis / [Gillray].

Published

[London] : H. Humphrey, 1795.

hand-colored etching
image: 28.4 x 23.8 cm; plate: 29.8 x 25 cm; sheet: 31.3 x 26.3 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2870
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Lord Howe sits full-face in an armchair, reading a 'Gazette' headed 'June 1st 1794'. He wears naval uniform, with a hat, smokes a long pipe and scowls meditatively. A dog with the head of Sir Roger Curtis grovels at his feet, kissing his right toe; he has a collar inscribed 'Black Dick's Dog'. Behind Howe is a row of windows close together, with a view of the sea and ships. Beneath the windows is a broad shelf on which are wine-bottles, a sextant, and a punch-bowl. On a table at Howe's right hand are a glass of wine and a plan of Torbay. Beneath the title: 'Done from an Original Drawing by a British Officer - & publish'd as a Guide to Preferment'.

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