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James Gillray
1756-1815
Cupid / Js. Gillray d. & f.
[London] : Pubd May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, [1799]
etching, hand colored
image: 229 x 192 mm; sheet: 242 x 195 mm, trimmed
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.300
Notes
At upper right of image: New Pantheon, No. 4.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows John Nicholls as Cupid, naked except for floating drapery, with heavy, feathered wings, drawing the string of his bow. He stands on clouds which form a background.
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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