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L'Enfant trouvé / Lavinia Countess Spencer delt. ; J. Gillray Sculpt.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

L'Enfant trouvé / Lavinia Countess Spencer delt. ; J. Gillray Sculpt.

London : Publish'd as the Act directs April 4th. 1785, by Sus. Vivares No. 13 Gret Newport Street, [1785].
stipple engraving
image: 162 x 173 mm, oval; sheet: 252 x 251 mm
Peel 2279
Notes
Trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Oval design shows two young women holding an infant between them, looking down at it affectionately, the one on the right turned three-quarters from the viewer.

Associated names
Spencer, Lavinia Spencer, Countess, 1762-1831, artist.
Vivares, Susanna, -1792, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints