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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; sheet: 411 x 522 mm
Peel 2257
Notes
Title and statement of responsibility from lettered state.
With two columns comprising ten lines of verse from Oliver Goldsmith's poem, "The deserted village", below image and publication details.
Library's copy is a proof before letters; printed in brown ink.
Trimmed within plate mark.
With two columns comprising ten lines of verse from Oliver Goldsmith's poem, "The deserted village", below image and publication details.
Library's copy is a proof before letters; printed in brown ink.
Trimmed within plate mark.
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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