Billingsgate eloquence [graphic] / A.S. inv.

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Title: Billingsgate eloquence [graphic] / A.S. inv.
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia,--Lady,--1727-1817--Caricatures and cartoons.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Copyright Date: [6 January 1795]
Abstract: "A lean and elderly virago (three-quarter length) with straggling hair, wearing a handkerchief which scarcely covers her breast, stands in profile to the left, glaring fiercely. Her arms are bare to the elbow; she holds her thumb and second finger together, her left hand is on her hip. Etched below her are her words: "What do you know, you B-? -every one knows I am a - & a -, and setting that aside who can say black to my eye?" Her profile is that of Lady Cecilia Johnston as caricatured by Gillray. She had a bitter tongue ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: By Gillray using pseudonym 'A.S.' See British Museum catalogue.
One of a set of eight satirical portraits, each issued separately.
Three lines of text below image: What do you know, you B-? Every one knows I am a - & a -, and setting that aside who can say black to my eye?
Title etched above image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 12.3 x 8.0 cm, on sheet 14 x 10 cm
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1795.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1795.
Watermarks (Paper)--J Whatman.--CtY-LW
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia,--Lady,--1727-1817--Caricatures and cartoons.
Riviere & Son Binding.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8604