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James Gillray
1756-1815
William Lamb / sketched by Humphrey - ; spoil'd by Gillray.
[London] : Sold by RWilkinson, No 58 Cornhill, [1781]
Peel 2258
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[London] : Sold by R.Wilkinson, No. 58 Cornhill, [1781].
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Engraved text below image: Dedicated to all Lovers of your bold, Masterly Touches, & Publish'd Novr 1st 1781 by J. Gillray, to shew the bad effect of Cobbling & Altering. 'Fool that I was thus to Cobble my Shoe'."
This state with Gillray's engraved inscriptions but before the plate was defaced.
Trimmed within plate mark.
Summary:
Oval portrait, three-quarter length, of William Lamb (afterwards Lord Melbourne) as a child, wearing a hat with a frilly ribbon.
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