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George Townly Stubbs
-1815?
The summer shower, or, Mademoiselle Par a Pluye
Published
London : Publish'd Jany. 16th. 1787, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street, [1787]
etching
image: 197 x 252 mm; plate mark: 235 x 274 mm; sheet: 256 x 303 mm
Peel 2573
Notes
Printmaker from British Museum online catalog.
A reissue; originally published by George Townly Stubbs, with imprint: "London Pubd May 16 1786 by G.T. Stubs Peters Court St Martins Lane."
A reissue; originally published by George Townly Stubbs, with imprint: "London Pubd May 16 1786 by G.T. Stubs Peters Court St Martins Lane."
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A lady shelters a number of persons under her enormous hat and the other excrescences of her dress. Two men stand under the brim of her hat; a little girl stands under her projecting bosom; an older boy sits behind her on the ground under her projecting petticoats. They are under a tree whose trunk is on the left. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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