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James Gillray
1756-1815
A cognocenti contemplating ye beauties of ye antique / Js. Gillray - invt - & fect.
[London] : Pubd Feby 11th 1801, by H Humphrey 27 St James's Street, [1801]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.506
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[London] : Pubd. Feby. 11th. 1801, by H. Humphrey. 27 St James's Street, [1801]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Print shows an elderly Sir William Hamilton inspecting his antiquities, all of which refer to his wife, Lady Emma Hamilton and her lover, Lord Horatio Nelson. In the background hang four pictures on the wall: "Cleopatra", a picture of Lady Hamilton with her breasts exposed, holding a gin bottle; "Mark Anthony", Lord Nelson with a sea battle in background: an erupting volcano; and a portrait of Hamilton, facing away from the other paintings and titled "Claudius".
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