Lordly elevation / Js. Gillray d. & ft.

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James Gillray
1756-1815
Lordly elevation / Js. Gillray d. & ft.
[London] : Pubd Jany 6th 1802, by H Humphrey St James's Street, [1802]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.627
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[London] : Pubd Jany 6th 1802, by H. Humphrey St James's Street, [1802]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Print shows Lord Kirkcudbright standing at a dressing-table on an immense baron's coronet which serves as a foot-stool, regarding himself in a draped mirror. He wears a court suit and sword with an immense bag to his wig, which sticks out from his humped back. His left arm is akimbo, fingers outspread, right arm bent and holding a small tricorne hat. His profile is almost concave; the mirror reflects a satisfied full face. On the table are toilet appliances and a large bottle labelled 'Velno', a quack venereal remedy. He quotes from Shakespeare's Richard III, saying: '"Methinks I'm now, a marv'lous proper Man, - "I'll have my Chambers lin'd with Looking Glass, "And entertain a score or two of Tailors, - "To study Fashions to adorn my body.

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