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Remembrance / J. Gillray invt. et fecit.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Remembrance / J. Gillray invt. et fecit.

[London] : Pubd. August 1st. 1784, by Rt. Wilkinson No. 58 Cornhill, [1784].
stipple engraving
image: 85 x 70 mm, oval; plate mark: 226 x 200 mm; sheet: 242 x 217 mm
Peel 2254
Notes
Title from item.
Appears to be a companion print to Gillray's stipple engraving "Absence".
Lettered with six lines of verse from a poem by Aphra Behn, below image; first line: Where-e'er I turn the Landskip does confess ...
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Oval design shows a lovelorn young shepherdess in rustic dress, holding a crook and looking back over her shoulder tearfully to left.

Associated names
Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints