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"And would'st thou turn the vile reproach on me?" / J. Cd. Esqr delt. ; Js. Gy. fect.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

"And would'st thou turn the vile reproach on me?" / J. Cd. Esqr delt. ; Js. Gy. fect.

London : Publish'd Feby. 2d. 1807, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, [1807]
etching, hand colored
image: 239 x 341 mm; trimmed sheet: 247 x 349 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.345
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows a grotesque and elderly man seated in an armchair and addressing a visibly pregnant young servant woman who stands before him. Behind them is an empty fireplace; on the chimney-piece is a Venus flanked by cupids. On the wall are two pictures; a cock and hen facing each other like fighting-cocks, and an aged horse assailed by carrion birds.

Associated names
J. Cd, designer.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints