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James Gillray
1756-1815
The power of beauty, St. Cecilia charming the brute, or, The seduction of the Welch ambassador
[London] : Pubd. Feby th [sic] 1792 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]
etching, hand colored
image: 250 x 352 mm; plate mark: 250 x 352 mm; sheet: 267 x 370 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.209
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Notes:
By James Gillray.
Summary:
Print shows Lady Cecilia Johnston seated in an armchair and kissing the nose of a large goat (possibly intended to represent Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn) which puts a hoof on her chest.
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