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James Gillray
1756-1815
At church.
etching, hand-colored
image: 120 x 75 mm; plate: 127 x 78 mm; sheet: 138 x 90 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2749
Published:
[London] : Pubd. Octr. 4th 1791 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street, [1791]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Artist from BM Satires.
Summary:
A fat Mrs. Hobart (three-quarter length) sits directed to the left, fast asleep, her mouth open, her hands folded at her waist. Her face is blotched with drink; she wears a small hat from the back of which hangs a veil.
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