Artist
James Gillray English, 1757–1815
Titles
- A Peep at Christies; _or_ Tally-ho, & His Nimeney-Pimmeney Taking the Morning Lounge
Date1796
MediumEtching and aquatint, hand colored
Dimensions354 × 253 mm
Plate or block: 13 7/8 × 10 in. (35.2 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet (sheet): 13 15/16 × 9 15/16in. (35.4 × 25.2cm)
Plate or block: 13 7/8 × 10 in. (35.2 × 25.4 cm)
Sheet (sheet): 13 15/16 × 9 15/16in. (35.4 × 25.2cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1997.31
Not on view
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Department
Sarah Campbell Blaffer FoundationObject Type
Exhibition History"The Art of Exaggeration," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 July - 23 September, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscriptions: on picture frame at left: Susan[nah and the] Elders; on picture frame at upper right: Zenocrates & Phryne; on picture frame at lower right: The Death; on the open volume: Catalogue; in margin below image: J.s G.y ad vivam fecit / Pub. Sept. 24th 1796. by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street / A Peep at Christies; _or_Talley-ho, & his Nimeney-pimmeny taking / the Morning Lounge.
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