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James Gillray
1756-1815
Paille d'Avoine,-paille d'Avoine / Drawn by Saml Egerton Leigh Esqr.
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plate mark: 214 x 163 mm; sheet: 227 x 175 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2539
Published:
[London] : Pubd Novr 10th 1786. by H. Humphrey New Bond Street, [1786]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Printmaker from British Museum online catalog.
Summary:
An old Frenchwoman walks in profile to the right carrying a large sack attached to her back by a strap across her breast. She wears sabots; on her chin is a tuft of hair. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
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