[A domestic circle] [graphic]

Description

Title: [A domestic circle] [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created: [approximately 1804]
Publication Place: England?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "A governess sitting on the left at a round table, teaching three children maths, handing a coin to one; with toys on the floor and a picture of an infant Cupid under a tree reading a book, on the wall above."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.1346
Description: Title and approximate date supplied by curator.
Mounted on leaf 40 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 : plate mark 12.3 x 10 cm, on sheet 18.1 x 13 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Etchings England 1804
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1804
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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