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James Gillray
1756-1815
St. Cecilia
[London] : Pubd. April 24th 1782 by H. Humphrey New Bond Street, [1782]
etching, hand colored
image: 173 x 137 mm, oval; plate mark: 226 x 175 mm; sheet: 243 x 195 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.586
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Printmaker from George.
Summary:
Print shows Lady Cecilia Johnston, facing right, seated at the organ upon which two cats are reading from a hymnal and yowling accompaniment. A parody of Reynold's painting of Mrs. Sheridan as St. Cecilia.
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