Fast-asleep [graphic].

Description

Title: Fast-asleep [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 November 1806]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Novr. 1st, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "An elderly 'cit' sleeps in a low, upright chair, leaning back till his profile faces the ceiling. His hands are clasped over his chest, his wig dangles from his coat-collar, and he puffs from tightly shut lips. The room is bare with a boarded floor. On a round table are a jug and glass, and the sleeper's pipe lying on 'Cobbett's Political Register'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Campanion print to: "Wide-awake."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching & stipple engraving with roulette on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.2 x 21.3 cm, on sheet 27.9 x 22.8 cm.
Watermark: 1811.
Mounted on leaf 47 of volume 11 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 : sheet 24 x 20.2 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1806
Etchings England London 1806
Stipple engravings England London 1806
Watermarks (Paper) 1811
Material: etching & stipple engraving with roulette ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Wigs
Subjects: Wigs
England > 1806
England > London > 1806
1811
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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