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James Gillray
1756-1815
Raw-weather / etch'd by Js Gillray.
London : Publish'd February 10th 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27, St James's Street, [1808]
etching, hand colored
sheet: 253 x x 201 mm, trimmed to image size
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.643
Notes
One of a series of seven prints by Gillray regarding the weather, (BMSat 11094-100), all with the same signature and imprint.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a pedestrian, flimsily dressed in tail-coat, nankeen trousers, and pumps, struggles against driving rain, turning an agonized face to the spectator. He walks on a muddy track beside a decayed paling. A raven croaks on a rotten tree. In the background is a dilapidated scarecrow, surrounded by birds.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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