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James Gillray
1756-1815
At the opera.
hand colored etching
image: 123 x 82 mm; plate: 123 x 82 mm; sheet: 137 x 95 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2884
Published:
[London] : Pubd. Octr. 4th 1791 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street, [1791]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Printmaker from BM Satires.
Summary:
Lady Cecilia Johnston, a thin and elderly lady (three-quarter length) much caricatured, in profile to the right, sits very alert and erect, her arms folded. Her hair is decorated with feathers and ribbons.
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