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James Gillray
1756-1815
Ars musica / [compass pointing to the North] Esqr. del.
[London] : Pubd Feby 16th 1800. by H. Humphrey. 27 St James's Street, [1800]
etching and aquatint, hand colored
image: 253 x 353 mm; plate mark: 261 x 365 mm; sheet: 300 x 397 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.503
Notes
By James Gillray after Brownlow North; signed at lower right with North's "compass" hieroglyph.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a grinning woman sitting full-face behind a square piano, playing with complacent vigour. At her feet is a dog. She accompanies an elderly violinist (left) and 'cellist (right), who both regard her with rage; the former has ceased playing.
Associated names
North, Brownlow, 1741-1820, designer.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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