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James Gillray
1756-1815
The Graces in a high wind : a scene taken from nature, in Kensington Gardens / Js. Gillray fecit.
[London] : Published May 26th, by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, [1810]
etching and aquatint, hand colored
image: 242 x 345 mm; plate mark: 255 x 356 mm; with paper border 315 x 420 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.256
Notes
Date of publication from George.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows three young women, dressed alike in clinging dresses and straw bonnets trimmed with ribbons, caught in a high wind. Their dresses are above the ankle, with long tight sleeves, and longer waists. Two hold open ribbon-trimmed parasols, the third holds a handkerchief to her face. They have a small dog shaved in the French manner.
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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