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James Gillray
Old Q
engraving with stipple
image: 177 x 154 mm; plate mark: 200 x 174 mm; sheet: 214 x 189 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1945
Published:
[London] : Pubd Jany 1811 by Wm Holland, 11 Cockspur St., [Jany 1811]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Lettered "Pubd Jany 1811 by Wm Holland, 11 Cockspur St."
Title from text and design contained within image. The 'Q' is formed from ancathus scrolls arranged around the figure's head. Cf. British Museum catalog online.
Summary:
The head, in which the right eyelid is visible, appears to be copied and enlarged from that in Gillray's 'Push-Pin'. A sprig of (?) box projects from the upper part of the conventional scroll.
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