TITLE: A Cognocenti contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique / Js. Gillray--invt--& fect. CALL NUMBER: PC 1 - 9753 (B size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-8796 (color film copy transparency) RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY: An elderly Sir William Hamilton inspecting his antiquities, all of which refer to his wife, Lady Emma Hamilton and her lover, Lord Horatio Nelson. In the background hang four pictures on the wall: "Cleopatra", a picture of Lady Hamilton with her breasts exposed, holding a gin bottle; "Mark Anthony", Lord Nelson with a sea battle in background: an erupting volcano; and a portrait of Hamilton, facing away from the other paintings. MEDIUM: 1 print : etching, hand-colored. CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : H. Humphrey, 1801 Feby 11th. CREATOR: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver. NOTES: Catalog of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 9753 Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: Gillray and the Art of Caricature. SUBJECTS: Hamilton, William,--Sir,--1730-1803--Associated objects. Hamilton, Emma,--Lady,--1761?-1815. Nelson, Horatio Nelson,--Viscount,--1758-1805. Antiquities--Great Britain--1800-1810. Adultery--Great Britain--1800-1810. FORMAT: Etchings Hand-colored 1800-1810.Cartoons (Commentary) British 1800-1810. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (color film copy transparency) cph 3g08796 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g08796 CONTROL #: 2001695083
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