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A duet : "Turn fair Clora, turn, ah cruel, turn again."

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James Gillray
1756-1815

A duet : "Turn fair Clora, turn, ah cruel, turn again."

[London] : Pubd. May 14th 1792 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]
etching, hand colored
image: 320 x 240 mm; trimmed sheet: 349 x 270 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.214
Notes
By James Gillray.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows a short, fat man dressed as a military officer, clasping the petticoats of a thin woman who walks away from him, looking over her left shoulder, her hand raised in a negative gesture. She is much taller than her admirer, and shows a homely profile, her mouth wide open. She wears a high cap and the extended petticoats which had recently been fashionable.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints