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James Gillray
1756-1815
Affability / Js. Gy. desn. et .fect.
[London] : Pubd. Feby. 10th 1795 by H. Humphrey, No. 37 Newe Bond Street, [1795]
etching and aquatint, hand colored
image: 313 x 232 mm; trimmed sheet: 341 x 242 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.394
Notes
Below caption title: '"Well, Friend, where a' you going, Hay? - what's your Name, hay? - where d'ye Live, hay? - hay?"
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows George III in profile to the right, with the Queen holding his right arm, leaning towards a startled yokel who clutches his hat and a bucket. The King wears riding-dress, with a broad-brimmed hat and a spencer over his coat. The Queen is dwarfish, wearing a hood over her hat and a shapeless cloak. In her right hand is a snuff-box.
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Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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