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James Gillray
1756-1815
New pantheon of democratic mythology / Js. Gillray inv. & ft.
[London] : Pubd. May 7th. 1799, by H. Humphrey St James s Street, [1799]
etchings, hand colored
various dimensions; sheet: 361 x 287 mm, or smaller
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.665
Notes
Includes a set of 6 numbered caricatures with an etched title/frontispiece plate.
Title from t.p. plate; same imprint repeated on individual plates.
Prints comprising this series have also been cataloged individually.
Individual plates comprising the Library's set have been pasted together at left margin.
Title from t.p. plate; same imprint repeated on individual plates.
Prints comprising this series have also been cataloged individually.
Individual plates comprising the Library's set have been pasted together at left margin.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Published series of prints depicting prominent members of the Opposition party as caricatured figures from classical mythology.
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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