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James Gillray
1756-1815
Mr. C-m-l the jolly presenter of the Cannongate Kirk in Edinburgh : singing Psalms of a morning and over a bowl of punch Scotch tunes at night.
Published
[London] : Pubd. by H. Humphrey, no. 18 New Bond Street, [ca. 1781]
etching with drypoint, hand colored
plate mark: 115 x 74 mm; sheet: 120 x 80 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2349
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Title from item.
Date from BM Satires.
Attributed to Gillray by T. Haviland Burke and D. Perrins.
Date from BM Satires.
Attributed to Gillray by T. Haviland Burke and D. Perrins.
Summary
"Half length portrait in profile to the left of a man holding a music score. He is fat and smiling, and wears his own scanty hair. After the title is engraved, "Singing Psalms of a Morning and over a Bowl of Punch Scotch Tunes at Night.""--British Museum online catalog.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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