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A lady putting on her cap, - June 1795 / [Gillray].

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James Gillray

A lady putting on her cap, - June 1795 / [Gillray].

Published

[London] : H. Humphrey, June 1795

hand colored etching
image: 24.5 x 32.8 cm; plate: 24.5 x 32.8 cm; sheet: 26 x 34.8 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2863
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

A lady sits in back view before a tall pier-glass, twisting a piece of drapery round her head. Two young women (right) hold up festoons of the immensely long drapery, the end of which trails across the floor and is worried by a small dog, shaved in the French manner. The glass is surmounted by an earl's coronet and decorated by triple ostrich plumes, suggesting that the lady, who wears a loose wrapper, may be Lady Jersey.

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