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James Gillray
Quiz-zing a filly / [Gillray].
Published
[London] : H. Humphrey, 1795.
hand colored etching
image: 12.7 x 8.2 cm; plate: 12.7 x 8.2 cm; sheet: 14 x 9.6 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2885
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Three-quarter length portrait of the Duke of Queensberry, old and rakish, standing in profile to the right, and leering through a quizzing-glass. He wears a battered hat and ruffled shirt. His cane hangs from a coat-button.
Associated names
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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