Nina [graphic]

Description

Title: Nina [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Spencer, Lavinia, Countess, 1762-1831, artist.
Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 January 1792]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jany. 1st, 1792, by R. Wilkinson, No. 58 Cornhill
Abstract: "A kneeling man holds the arm of a seated woman with flowers in her hair, who holds up her hand as she looks intently ahead, while another man leans in despair on a stick."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Quoted text to the left of title: "Heavens! The blessed remembrance! ..."
Quoted text to the right of title: "Dieux! Quel souvenir! ..."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 18 of volume 12 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 47.6 x 40 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Stipple engravings England London 1792
Material: stipple engraving with roulette ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > London > 1792
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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