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James Gillray
1756-1815
"--don't tell me of Major Semple! --why Major Semple's no more to be compar'd to this here rascal, than I am, to my Lord Kenyon or Buonapartè!" / J. Gillray ad. viv. fect.
[London] : Publishd Novr 18th, 1801 by H Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, London, [1801]
Peel 2239
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[London] : Publishd. Novr. 18th, 1801 by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London, [1801]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Below design is a list of eight names with 'Mr.' preceding the first name and 'alias' preceding the remainder.
First line of text below design: Mr. Tho's Ogle (the notorious swindler) by which name he married two wives ...
Final line of text: Vide his examinations before the Majestrates of Bow Street in Novr. 1801.
Summary:
Bust portrait in an oval of a man, fashionably dressed, but with dishevelled hair, gazes fixedly to the left, with pursed mouth and wrinkled forehead. Cf. British Museum catalogue.
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