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James Gillray
1756-1815
Hero's recruiting at Kelsey's, or, Guard Day at St. James's / Js. Gy. ad vivum fect.
[London] : Pubd. June 9th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, [1797]
etching, hand colored
image: 345 x 256 mm; sheet: 370 x 270 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.138
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows two officers on high stools face each other at the counter of a fruit-shop and confectioner's. One is identified as Captain Birch, the other appears to be a child, his legs dangling, eating a large cornet of 'Sugar-plumbs'. A buxom woman behind the counter brings a tray of jellies in glasses. In the doorway a third officer stands with his hands clasped behind him watching a coroneted coach driving past with two footmen in feathered hats.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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