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James Gillray
1756-1815
The deserted village / design'd & engrav'd by James Gillray.
[London] : Publish'd June 4th 1784 by Rt. Wilkinson No 58 Cornhill, [1784].
stipple engraving
image: 306 x 379 mm, oval; plate mark: 429 x 505 mm; sheet: 431 x 525 mm
Peel 2260
Notes
Caption title.
With two columns comprising ten lines of verse from Oliver Goldsmith's poem, "The deserted village", below image and publication details; with a vignette of a cupid holding an empty nest and a down-turned torch between the two columns of verse.
"To Miss Henrietta Gertrude Hotham, this plate and the companion are most respectfully dedicated, by her most obedient humble servant Robert Wilkinson".
Companion to Gillray's print "The village train."
With two columns comprising ten lines of verse from Oliver Goldsmith's poem, "The deserted village", below image and publication details; with a vignette of a cupid holding an empty nest and a down-turned torch between the two columns of verse.
"To Miss Henrietta Gertrude Hotham, this plate and the companion are most respectfully dedicated, by her most obedient humble servant Robert Wilkinson".
Companion to Gillray's print "The village train."
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Oval design shows a father and daughter taking their leave of the village in the foreground as she says her farewell to her lover, with other families preparing to emigrate in the background.
Associated names
Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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