Gillray (James)
Oh! that this too too solid flesh would melt.
£150
, Hannah Humphrey, 1791.
the famous dramatic quotation of the title is illustrated by two corpulent figures suitably posed, with the additional caption in the lower right corner, ‘Designed for the Shakespeare Gallery’. It represents a print publisher’s in-joke, satirising John Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery,.
220 by 245mm (8¾ by 9¾ inches).
stipple-engraving with original hand-colouring on wove paper, a collector’s ink stamped monogram, ‘FC’ or ‘FG’ (not in Lugt), on verso, slight cockling to margin corners from previous mounting accretions on verso, a repaired short tear lower left, [BM Satires 8013]
| Dimensions | 22024589 cm |
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| Dimensions | 220 by 245mm (8¾ by 9¾ inches). |
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