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James Gillray
1756-1815
Absence / J. Gillray invt. et fecit.
[London] : Pubd. August 1st. 1784, by Rt. Wilkinson No. 58 Cornhill, [1784].
stipple engraving
image: 85 x 66 mm, oval; plate mark: 226 x 202mm; sheet: 242 x 216 mm
Peel 2253
Notes
Title from item.
Appears to be a companion print to Gillray's stipple engraving "Remembrance".
Lettered with six lines of verse from Alexander Pope's "Autumn; or, Hylas and Ægon", below image; first line: Go, gentle gales, and bear my sighs away!
Appears to be a companion print to Gillray's stipple engraving "Remembrance".
Lettered with six lines of verse from Alexander Pope's "Autumn; or, Hylas and Ægon", below image; first line: Go, gentle gales, and bear my sighs away!
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Oval design shows a young man, half-length, standing slightly left and gazing up to the right, with a palm tree visible in the background at left.
Associated names
Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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