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James Gillray
1756-1815
Thirty years have I lived in the parish of Covent Garden, and nobody can say-Mistress Cole-Why did you so?
[London] : Pubd 16, Decr 1797, by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street, [1797]
etching, hand colored
image: 251 x 160 mm; trimmed sheet: 261 x 169 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.614
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a face, wearing a plumed military hat, looking to the right out of a spurred military jack-boot which stands in profile to the left. The back of the head is concealed by the peak of the boot, which protects the wearer's knee.
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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