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James Gillray
1756-1815
Juge de Paix / Js. Gy. d. & ft.
[London] : Pubd. May 15th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, [1798]
etching, hand colored
image: 251 x 189 mm; trimmed sheet: 255 x 194 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.646
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By James Gillray.
At head of image: French habits, no 10.
No. 10 in series of 12 satirical prints by Gillray depicting Whig party members attired in the various official costumes of the French state. Full series title from plate no. 1: Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries.
At head of image: French habits, no 10.
No. 10 in series of 12 satirical prints by Gillray depicting Whig party members attired in the various official costumes of the French state. Full series title from plate no. 1: Habits of new French legislators and other public functionaries.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Nicholls, M.P. for Tregony, sitting in an arm-chair directed to the left; in his right hand is a tall staff in whose head is an eye; his left hand is thrust under his coat, which is buttoned. From a tricolour ribbon round his neck is suspended a small metal olive-branch. He wears his ordinary dress, his shrunken legs in wide half-boots. He sits on a square dais covered with a flowered carpet. Behind is a wall of heavy blocks of stone, in which (above his head) is a niche. In this stands a statue of Justice, her eyes covered by a bonnet-rouge.
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.
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