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James Gillray
1756-1815
A sphere projecting against a plane
[London] : Pubd. Jany. 3d. 1792 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]
etching, hand colored
image: 239 x 213 mm; plate mark: 275 x 224 mm; sheet: 280 x 240 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.161
Notes
By James Gillray.
Below caption title: 'Definitions from Euclid. Def: Ist B: 4th. A sphere, is a figure bounded by a convex surface; it is the most perfect of all forms; its properties are generated from its centre; and it possesses a larger area than any other figure. - Def: 2d B: Ist A plane, is a perfectly even & regular Surface, it is the most simple of all figures ; it has neither the properties of length or of breadth ; and when applied ever so closely to a sphere, can only touch its superficies, without being able to enter it - Vide. Euclid, illustrated; by the Honble Mrs Circumference.'
Below caption title: 'Definitions from Euclid. Def: Ist B: 4th. A sphere, is a figure bounded by a convex surface; it is the most perfect of all forms; its properties are generated from its centre; and it possesses a larger area than any other figure. - Def: 2d B: Ist A plane, is a perfectly even & regular Surface, it is the most simple of all figures ; it has neither the properties of length or of breadth ; and when applied ever so closely to a sphere, can only touch its superficies, without being able to enter it - Vide. Euclid, illustrated; by the Honble Mrs Circumference.'
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a thin and linear Pitt beside a spherical Mrs. Hobart. She stands on a rectangular platform on castors, her circumference resting against Pitt's post-like person. She looks up at him expectantly; he stares over her head with a pained expression.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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