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James Gillray
1756-1815
Mæcenas, in pursuit of the fine arts / Js. Gillray ad vivam fect.
[London] : Publishd May 9th 1808, by H. Humphrey 27 St James's Street, [1808]
etching, hand colored
image: 249 x 191 mm; trimmed sheet: 263 x 207 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.722
Notes
At right of caption title: Scene, Pall Mall; a Frosty-Morning.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a man identified as the Marquis of Stafford (afterwards Duke of Sutherland) wearing spectacles and carrying a stick as he approaches the door of Christie's. On the pillar hangs the usual catalogue: Catalogue of 800 Capital Pictures to be Sold by Mr Christie in Pall Mall. Feby 1st 1808.
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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