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James Gillray
1756-1815
Enter cowslip with a bowl of cream vide Brandenburg Theatricals / Js. Gy. desn. et fect.
[London] : Pubd June 13th 1795 by H Humphrey, No 37 New Bond Street, [1795]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.600
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[London] : Pubd. June 13th 1795 by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street, [1795]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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At bottom of image: Ay, here's the masculine to the feminine gender.
Below title: "As a Cedar Tall & Slender; "Sweet Cowslip's grace "Is her nom'tive case, "And she's of the feminine gender."
Subject identified by George and Wright as the Countess of Buckinghamshire, shown here in the character of Cowslip, the young dairymaid in John O'Keefe's "The agreeable Surprise", a role she performed in the private theatricals at Brandenburgh House.
Summary:
An enormously fat lady stands in profile to the left, holding a bowl resembling a punch-bowl, her left hand on her hip, holding up the frilled apron which drapes over her quilted petticoat.
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