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James Gillray
1756-1815
Mr. C-m-l the jolly presenter of the Cannongate Kirk in Edinburgh : singing Psalms of a morning and over a bowl of punch Scotch tunes at night.
etching with drypoint, hand colored
plate mark: 115 x 74 mm; sheet: 120 x 80 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2349
Published:
[London] : Pubd. by H. Humphrey, no. 18 New Bond Street, [ca. 1781]
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Title from item.
Date from BM Satires.
Attributed to Gillray by T. Haviland Burke and D. Perrins.
Summary:
"Half length portrait in profile to the left of a man holding a music score. He is fat and smiling, and wears his own scanty hair. After the title is engraved, "Singing Psalms of a Morning and over a Bowl of Punch Scotch Tunes at Night.""--British Museum online catalog.
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