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Corporeal stamina / Js. Gillray del. & fect. ad vivam.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Corporeal stamina / Js. Gillray del. & fect. ad vivam.

London : Publish'd April 13th 1801, by H. Humphrey No 27, St James's Street, [1801]
etching, hand colored
image: 257 x 195 mm; plate mark: 257 x 201 mm; sheet: 351 x 243 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.629
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows the bulky Lord Cholmondeley standing in profile to the left. He wears a small round hat with long powdered hair tied back, and a whisker; a double-breasted coat over a double-breasted waistcoat, striped breeches, striped stockings, and wrinkled top-boots with heavy spurs. He holds a glove in his (gloved) left hand. In his right hand is a small cane.

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