A pair of polished gentlemen [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A pair of polished gentlemen [graphic].
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Mathew, Montague James, 1773-1819--Caricatures and cartoons.
Skeffington, Lumley St. George,--Sir,--1771-1850--Caricatures and cartoons. - Published / Created
- 1801 March 10
- Copyright Date
- [10 March 1801]
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Publisher
- H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"Two heads emerge from the highly-polished boots of their respective owners, which face each other. They are finished portraits of Skeffington and Montagu Mathew, inseparables, see BMSat 9699. Skeffington's boot (left) is a tasselled Hessian; its pointed toe rests on the foot of Mathew's spurred top-boot. Both wear round hats of slightly differing shapes. Skeffington's dark hair is short, falling over his forehead; he has a large whisker. Mathew's fair hair is long and powdered, and tied by a ribbon at the tips; he has a small whisker. Round the two boots are grouped blacking materials. A large open book (left) is 'Essay on Blacking'; by it are bottles labelled 'Mr Broomhills Recipe' and 'The Princes Recipe', and a mixing-pot. Two volumes (right) are 'Chemistry'; on them are bottles labelled 'Pine Apple' and 'Spirit of Salt'. There are also two brushes, a polishing pad, a cake of 'Holdsworth's' blacking, and a broken bottle of 'Royal Blacking'."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
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Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image. - Extent
- 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.7 x 25.4 cm, on sheet 37 x 27 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 10
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- still image
- Genre
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Etchings--England--London--1801.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1801. - Subject (Name)
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Mathew, Montague James, 1773-1819--Caricatures and cartoons.
Skeffington, Lumley St. George,--Sir,--1771-1850--Caricatures and cartoons.
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
-
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 9755
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 282
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9801460
- Object ID (OID)
- 11861017