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Flemish characters / drawn and engraved by James Gillray, 1783.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Flemish characters / drawn and engraved by James Gillray, 1783.

Published

[London] : G. Humphrey, 27 St. James' St., Jan'y 1, 1822

hand colored etching
image: 22.4 x 35.7 cm; plate: 23.3 x 36.4 cm; sheet: 23.8 x 37.7 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2807
Notes
A companion print to Peel 2808 (George 8383), of the same title.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

A scene at the door of a Flemish church (right) in a small square. A procession of little girls, uniformly dressed, wearing aprons and sabots, each with a large book under her arm, enters the church, the smallest in the rear. They are followed (left) by a fat Flemish woman wearing a hooded cloak, a book in her hand, a birch-rod hanging from her wrist. On the extreme left a little boy walks between his stout parents, taking a hand of each. Behind, three men are indicated, also with books. On the right three nuns approach the door, skirting the wall of the church. Above their heads is a crucifix in a niche. In the background are gabled buildings.

Associated names
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver.
Humphrey, G., active approximately 1820, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
Classification
Department