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James Gillray
1756-1815
Diana return'd from the chace
London : Publish'd March 16th 1802. by H. Humphrey. 27 St James's Street, [1802]
etching, hand colored
image: 323 x 247 mm; sheet: 413 x 308 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.513
Notes
By James Gillray.
Below caption title: '"Out-stript the Winds in Speed upon the Plain, "Flies o'er the Fields, nor hurts the bearded Grain; "Men, Boys & Women, stupid with surprize, " Where e'er she passes, fix their wondering eyes. Drydens Virgil.
Below caption title: '"Out-stript the Winds in Speed upon the Plain, "Flies o'er the Fields, nor hurts the bearded Grain; "Men, Boys & Women, stupid with surprize, " Where e'er she passes, fix their wondering eyes. Drydens Virgil.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Lady Salisbury standing on a mound holding up a fox's brush. She has outstripped the hounds who rush towards her, the foremost just about to reach her. She turns her head in profile to the left; her long dark hair streams down her back; she wears a hunting-cap resembling the helmet of a light horseman, the skirt of her habit and an under-petticoat are in tatters, the lower part torn away, showing laced half-boots and torn stockings. A masculine collar is thickly swathed with a coloured scarf. She wears an eyeglass on a ribbon. The background is a landscape with distant mountains; horses and hounds in the middle distance.
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Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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