A new edition considerably enlarged, of Attitudes faithfully copied from nature : and humbly dedicated to all admirers of the grand and sublime

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Title
A new edition considerably enlarged, of Attitudes faithfully copied from nature : and humbly dedicated to all admirers of the grand and sublime
Alternative Title
Attitudes faithfully copied from nature
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created
[1807]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Published March 2nd 1807 by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Description
Title page engraved.
Attribution to James Gillray based on an inscription on the copy in The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Caricatures of Friedrich Rehberg's Drawings faithfully copied from nature at Naples (originally published 1794), with the figure of Emma Hamilton considerably enlarged.
Plates printed on blue paper and mounted.
BAC: British Art Center copy imperfect: title page wanting (title and imprint from British Museum Catalogue). Bound in full gilt-tooled long-grain morocco, with gilt edges. Bound by Rivere & Son. Armorial bookplates of Graham of Ardoch and Hampton of Anglesey. Has bound with it: Rehberg, F. Drawings faithfully copied from nature at Naples ([London?: S.W. Fores?] 1794). The caricatures in the present volume are juxtaposed (on facing pages) with the corresponding originals in Rehberg's work. Also has bound with it, as frontispiece: Dido in despair! (London: H. Humphrey, 1801) [George 9572].
Lewis Walpole Library copy: With original brown wrappers, detached. Inscription in the hand of James Gillray on title page: "Lt. Col. Birch from the Author." Caricatures of the obese Emma Hamilton are on coral-colored paper.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance
Hill-Stone; November 2011.
Extent
[2] p., [12] leaves of plates : 31 cm.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Quarto 75 G41 807
Related Version Online
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:579110

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Etchings England London 1807
Caricatures
Chron
Etching
Material
etchings ;
Subject (Name)
Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1761?-1815
Rehberg, Friedrich, 1758-1835.
Subject (Topic)
Tableaux
Subjects
Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1761?-1815 > Caricatures and cartoons
Rehberg, Friedrich, 1758-1835
Tableaux
England > London > 1807
Chron > 1807
Etching > Specimens > 1807
Humphrey, H. > Publisher
Graham > Bookplate
Hampton > Bookplate
Birch, Thomas James, ca. 1768-1829 > Presentation inscription from James Gillray
Gillray, James, 1756-1815 > Presentation inscription to Lt. Col. Birch
Rivere & Son > Binder

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Orbis Record
579110
Object ID (OID)
10708992

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