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James Gillray
1756-1815
St. Cecilia
[London] : Pubd. April 24th 1782 by H. Humphrey New Bond Street, [1782]
etching, hand colored
image: 173 x 137 mm, oval; plate mark: 226 x 175 mm; sheet: 243 x 195 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.586
Notes
Printmaker from George.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Lady Cecilia Johnston, facing right, seated at the organ upon which two cats are reading from a hymnal and yowling accompaniment. A parody of Reynold's painting of Mrs. Sheridan as St. Cecilia.
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.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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