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.

La derniere ressource, or, Van Buchells garters

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James Gillray
1756-1815

La derniere ressource, or, Van Buchells garters

[London] : Pubd. Octr. 3d 1791 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street, [1791]
hand colored etching
image: 260 x 160 mm; plate: 275 x 177 mm; sheet: 300 x 202 mm
Peel 2744
Notes
Printmaker from George.
Summary

The enormously fat Mrs. Hobart sits in profile to the left in a small armchair, her right foot on a stool, her leg exposed. She places round its girth a ribbon garter, the central part of which is stiffened by a spring. Perched on her hair is a small straw hat with a high silk crown from which a veil hangs down her back. On the wall behind her is a picture: 'Nina', a small thin man kneels before the stout and terrified Nina (who believes him to be the ghost of her lover).

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