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James Gillray
1756-1815
Cymon & Iphigenia / Js. Gy. desn. ; T. Adams [Gillray] sculpt.
Published
[London] : H. Humphrey, 1796.
hand colored etching
image: 23.9 x 27.3 cm; sheet: 25.3 x 28.8 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2949
Notes
Trimmed to within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A burlesque of the discovery by Cymon of Iphigenia asleep. A fat black country-woman sleeps against a sandy bank. A hideous yokel, advancing from the right, stoops towards her, dropping his stick and gaping with delighted surprise.
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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