Cymon & Iphigenia [graphic] / Js. Gy. desn. ; T. Adams sculpt.

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Title: Cymon & Iphigenia [graphic] / Js. Gy. desn. ; T. Adams sculpt.
Alternative Title: Cymon and Iphigenia
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: 1796 May 2
Copyright Date: [2 May 1796]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Abstract: "A burlesque of the discovery by Cymon of Iphigenia asleep. A fat country-woman, whose dark skin and coarse features give her a negroid appearance, leans against a sandy bank. A hideous yokel, advancing from the right, stoops towards her, dropping his stick and gaping with delighted surprise."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Garrick's 'Cymon and Iphigenia', 1767, adapted from Dryden's version of Boccaccio's tale, made the story familiar and popular. It was the subject of a picture by Reynolds.
Thomas Adams is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : stipple engraving & etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27 x 32 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1796.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1796.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1796.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Subject (Topic): Couples.
Sleeping.

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8908
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 422
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 210