James Gillray
1756-1815
Very slippy-weather / etch'd by Js Gillray.
London : Publish'd February 10th 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27, St James's Street, [1808]
etching, hand colored
image: 259 x 202 mm; trimmed sheet: 265 x 207 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.641
Notes
One of a series of seven prints by Gillray regarding the weather, (BMSat 11094-100), all with the same signature and imprint.
Exhibition label: In this cartoon centered around a comical fall on an icy sidewalk, Gillray took the opportunity to depict the facade of the printshop owned and operated at 27 St. James's Street by his publisher Hannah Humphrey. A display of prints--recognizable as Gillray's own work--papers the front windows of the shop, attracting an appreciative crowd. In the doorway, two prosperous-looking clergymen examine a possible purchase. The rooms above the shop, not visible in this print, also served as the artist's residence between 1797 and his death in 1815. -- On view at the Morgan Library & Museum, Fall 2019.
Exhibition label: In this cartoon centered around a comical fall on an icy sidewalk, Gillray took the opportunity to depict the facade of the printshop owned and operated at 27 St. James's Street by his publisher Hannah Humphrey. A display of prints--recognizable as Gillray's own work--papers the front windows of the shop, attracting an appreciative crowd. In the doorway, two prosperous-looking clergymen examine a possible purchase. The rooms above the shop, not visible in this print, also served as the artist's residence between 1797 and his death in 1815. -- On view at the Morgan Library & Museum, Fall 2019.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Cartoon shows an elderly man who has slipped and fallen on the sidewalk outside Humphrey's printing establishment at No. 27 St. James's Street, London. He is holding a thermometer which he manages keep upright, behind him are five individuals looking at caricatures printed by Humphrey that are on display in the shop windows.
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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