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A modern antique / Trumps fecet 1782.

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James Gillray

A modern antique / Trumps fecet 1782.

[London] : Pubd. Nov. 26th 1782 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street, [1782]
etching
plate mark: 176 x 124 mm; sheet 192 x 133 mm
Peel 2400
Notes
Possibly by Gillray (cf. George).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "Miss Steele" in ink below image.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

An obese old lady is shown seated at a card table, wearing a flowered dress, her hair piled high and topped by a cap from which a spider dangles behind her.

Associated names
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints