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James Gillray
1756-1815
[Lady Mount Edgcumbe]
[London?] : [publisher not identified], [1795?]
etching, hand-colored
image: 78 x 62 mm; sheet: 91 x 72 mm
Peel 2356
Notes
Artist from Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, no. 5749; this print appears to be a later copy of Gillray's small caricature of Lady Mount Edgcumbe.
Library's copy trimmed to plate mark.
Library's copy trimmed to plate mark.
Inscriptions/Markings
In ink at foot of print: Lady Edgcumbe; dated "1795" in pencil.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Bust portrait in profile to the left of an elderly woman, thin and of witch-like appearance. Her hair which recedes from her forehead is dressed high and ornamented with a lace cap
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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