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James Gillray
1756-1815
My Poll & my partner Joe / Js. Gy. delt ; T. Adams [Gillray] sculpt.
hand colored etching
image: 25 x 27.8 cm; sheet: 26.2 x 29.3 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2943
Published:
[London] : H. Humphrey, 1796.
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Trimmed to within plate mark.
Summary:
A sailor (right) and a short, stout woman (left) dance with tipsy joviality. They face each other, each holding the other's left hand. He holds up a small covered jug (holding the publican's dram). Her feet appear through tattered shoes and stockings; one eye is closed. He wears a round hat, pigtail, short jacket, petticoat, and long striped stockings.
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