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James Gillray
1756-1815
Absence / J. Gillray invt. et fecit.
[London] : Pubd August 1st 1784, by Rt Wilkinson No 58 Cornhill, [1784]
Peel 2253
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[London] : Pubd. August 1st. 1784, by Rt. Wilkinson No. 58 Cornhill, [1784].
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Appears to be a companion print to Gillray's stipple engraving "Remembrance".
Lettered with six lines of verse from Alexander Pope's "Autumn; or, Hylas and Ægon", below image; first line: Go, gentle gales, and bear my sighs away!
Summary:
Oval design shows a young man, half-length, standing slightly left and gazing up to the right, with a palm tree visible in the background at left.
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