Patern-staff : Weymouth 1797

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James Gillray
1756-1815
Patern-staff : Weymouth 1797
etching, hand-colored
sheet 26 x 17 cm.
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2981
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[London] : Pubd. Novr. 3d, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, [1797]
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Printmaker from BM Satires.

Summary: 

"An officer stands in back view, with his elbows akimbo, holding a small cane. He is thin and knock-kneed, with stick-like legs, his feet splayed outwards. He wears a plumed cocked hat, a sash round his small waist, spurred boots, and a sabre."--British Museum online catalogue.

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