Patern-staff Weymouth, 1797. [graphic]

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Title: Patern-staff Weymouth, 1797. [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [3 November 1797]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Novr. 3d, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "An officer stands in back view, with his elbows akimbo, holding a small cane. He is thin and knock-kneed, with stick-like legs, his feet splayed outwards. He wears a plumed cocked hat, a sash round his small waist, spurred boots, and a sabre."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: officer's uniform -- Reference to the military camps at Weymouth in 1797.
Provenance: Old Print Shop ; 1961.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26 x 17 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Etchings England London 1797
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834
Subjects: William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1797
England > London > 1797
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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