A view of the pier of Scarborough [graphic].

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Title: A view of the pier of Scarborough [graphic].
Alternative Title: View of the peer of Scarborough
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Mulgrave, Henry Phipps,--Earl of,--1755-1831--Caricatures and cartoons.
Published / Created: 1807 June 18
Copyright Date: [18 June 1807]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "A tall thin man on a well-bred hone gallops (l. to r.) close to the sea. He bends forward, his flying coat-tails making his back a concave line. The cliff and curving pier of Scarborough, with a low coastal fortification, are on the extreme left."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image; the first 'e' in 'peer' is scored through and an 'i' inserted above using a caret.
Extent: 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 21.0 x 26.1 cm, on sheet 23.4 x 33.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1807.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1807.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Mulgrave, Henry Phipps,--Earl of,--1755-1831--Caricatures and cartoons.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10790