At the opera [graphic].

Description

Title: At the opera [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [4 October 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Octr. 4th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Abstract: "Lady Cecilia Johnston, a thin and elderly lady (three-quarter length) much caricatured, in profile to the right, sits very alert and erect, her arms folded. Her hair is decorated with feathers and ribbons."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Companion print to: "At church."
Temporary local subject terms: Theater audience.
1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 12.3 x 7.9 cm, on sheet 22.6 x 16.3 cm.
Mounted on leaf 15 of volume 8 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 12.4 x 7.8 cm, on sheet 13 x 9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817
Subjects: Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1791
England > London > 1791
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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