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A connoisseur examining a Cooper / Js. Gy. del. et fecit ad vivam.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

A connoisseur examining a Cooper / Js. Gy. del. et fecit ad vivam.

[London] : Pubd. June 18th 1792 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]
etching with stipple, hand colored
image: 294 x 224 mm; trimmed sheet: 347 x 250 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.387
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows George III (three-quarter length) in profile to the left, nearsightedly examining an oval miniature of Oliver Cromwell by the light of a candle held in his left hand. The portrait, looking to the right, in armour, probably derives from the plate after Samuel Cooper's miniature in Mechell's ed. of Rapin's 'History', 1733.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department