[Captain Townsend] [graphic]

Description

Title: [Captain Townsend] [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [19 May 1800]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: 1800. Publish'd May 19th by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
Abstract: "A thin officer in profile to the left stands on a flagged pavement, his feet splayed outwards, right hand on hip, holding one glove in his (gloved) left hand. He wears an enormous busby and sabre."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from British Museum catalogue.
Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: 1st Grenadier Guards
1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.2 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 33.6 x 23.3 cm.
Mounted on leaf 32 of volume 10 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 25.2 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 26 x 21 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Stipple engravings England London 1800
Material: etching & stipple engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Townsend, Samuel Irwyn, 1775-1849.
Subject (Topic): Military unifroms
Subjects: Townsend, Samuel Irwyn, 1775-1849
Military unifroms
England > 1800
England > London > 1800
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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