Collection A Cognocenti Contemplating Ye Beauties of Ye Antique

A Cognocenti Contemplating Ye Beauties of Ye Antique

James Gillray, Artist H. Humphrey, Publisher
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About the Artwork

A Cognocenti Contemplating Ye Beauties of Ye Antique

ca. 1801

James Gillray (Artist) English, 1756-1815 (Publisher) H. Humphrey

Etching printed in black ink and colored by hand on off-white wove paper

Plate: 14 1/8 × 10 1/8 inches (35.9 × 25.7 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 1/2 inches (39.7 × 29.2 cm)

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Gift of Sam Wagstaff

F82.217

Public Domain

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Inscribed, in plate, lower center: -Js. Gillray-inv'-& fec'- Inscribed, lower right: Pubd. Feby. 11th. 1801. by H. Humphrey. 27 St. James's Street Inscribed, center lower margin: A COGNOCENTI comtemplating e/y Beauties of e/y Antique. Inscribed, in pencil, within plate upper left: Lady Hamilton Inscribed, upper center: Nelson; center lower edge: Sir ( ) Hamilton.

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Sam Wagstaff;
1982-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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James Gillray, A Cognocenti Contemplating Ye Beauties of Ye Antique, ca. 1801, etching printed in black ink and colored by hand on off-white wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Sam Wagstaff, F82.217.

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