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James Gillray
1756-1815
To the Queen : with her Majesty's most gracious permission this work is respectfully inscribed by her Majesty's most faithful, obedient and humble servant Harriet Abrams / Js. Gillray inv. & ft.
[London] : [Lavenu & Mitchell], 1803.
etching and engraving
plate mark: 219 x 275 mm; sheet: 239 x 293 mm
Peel 2244
Notes
Partial publication information below title: Park Lane, 1803.
Print designed as frontspiece/dedication plate for a collection of 12 songs by Miss Harriet Abrams, issued without a collective title in London, by Lavenu & Mitchell, 1803.
Image coterminous with plate mark.
Print designed as frontspiece/dedication plate for a collection of 12 songs by Miss Harriet Abrams, issued without a collective title in London, by Lavenu & Mitchell, 1803.
Image coterminous with plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Illustrated dedication plate addressed to Queen Charlotte, from a published collection of songs by the singer Harriet Abrams; three cherubs sitting facing right, singing, on clouds which curve up and support a lyre and laurel above them, below a crown in rays of light.
Associated names
Abrams, Miss, approximately 1758-1821, dedicator.
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, dedicatee.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, dedicatee.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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Century prints
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