Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

A lady at a card party who does not play

Image not available
James Gillray
1756-1815

A lady at a card party who does not play

Published

London : Pub 22 May 1788 by H. Humphrey N. 51 New Bond St., [1788]

etching, hand colored
plate mark: 99 x 76 mm; sheet: 120 x 93 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2688
Notes
Printmaker from the British Museum online catalog.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

"The head of a lady in profile to the right, yawning violently. A mob-cap perched on her hair has long lappets which fall on her shoulders."--British Museum online catalogue.

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