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James Gillray
1756-1815
The sleep-walker /
[London] : Pubd. Novr. 1st 1795 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street, [1795]
etching, hand colored
image: 320 x 208 mm; plate mark: 347 x 246 mm; sheet: 434 x 293 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.400
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By James Gillray.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Pitt, fast asleep, wearing only nightcap and night-shirt and down a staircase holding up a lighted candle in his right hand. On his right only are banisters, on his left the steps abut on a gulf indicated by the top of an arch supporting the stair; he is about to descend the first step, perilously near the left edge.
Associated names
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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