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James Gillray
1756-1815
Notorious characters : No.1 / Js. Gy. fect.
London : Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1797, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, [1797]
stipple
plate mark: 228 x 142 mm; sheet: 264 x 179 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.613
Notes
At head of image: Mr Bromley in his Catalogue &c. p. 390. has erroneously put this Portrait into his Seventh Class. - It ought to have appeared in the Tenth. See the Contents of it. p. 449. "Such cursed assurance," "Is past all Endurance." Maid of the Mill.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
A travesty of Hugh Douglas Hamilton's half length portrait of Samuel Ireland. In both, Ireland wears the dress of a Rubens picture, and looks over his right shoulder, holding up folds of drapery which hang from the left shoulder. The original is young and handsome, with well-dressed hair, tied and falling on his shoulder. Gillray follows closely the pose and dress of the original, but the head is that of an older man, with a sly smile; his short curling hair recedes from his forehead. In his hand is a book, 'Ireland Shakspe . . .'
Associated names
Hamilton, Hugh Douglas, 1740-1808.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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