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James Gillray
1756-1815
Tom Jones, Partridge & the beggar / invented, drawn, and engraved, by Js. Gillray.
[London] : Published by T. Macklin No.39, Fleet Street, [Septr. 14th 1780]
stipple engraving
image: 205 x 167 mm (oval); plate mark: 282 x 212 mm; sheet: 292 x 230 mm
Peel 2345
Notes
Caption title.
Below caption: There Friend you are the happiest Man alive &:, / Fielding Tom Jones.
Printed in sepia ink.
The second plate of a pair of stipple engravings by Gillray illustrating Henry Fielding's "Tom Jones", numbered "Pl. 2d."; companion plate to: "Sophia, Honour & the Chambermaid."
A later state, with the engraved title and caption burnished out and partially legible.
Below caption: There Friend you are the happiest Man alive &:, / Fielding Tom Jones.
Printed in sepia ink.
The second plate of a pair of stipple engravings by Gillray illustrating Henry Fielding's "Tom Jones", numbered "Pl. 2d."; companion plate to: "Sophia, Honour & the Chambermaid."
A later state, with the engraved title and caption burnished out and partially legible.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Illustration shows the beggar (at left, with his cane and bandaged foot), Partridge, and Tom (at right) standing among trees; Tom addresses the beggar while gesturing to a small "pocket book" he holds in his hand; the beggar frowns and holds out his hand to reveal a single coin in his palm.
Associated names
Macklin, Thomas, publisher.
Illustration for (work): Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754. History of Tom Jones.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Illustration for (work): Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754. History of Tom Jones.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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