A Bravura Air: Mandane
James Gillray, English, 1756 - 1815
1801
Hand colored etching on wove paper
Sheet: 19 × 12 3/4 in. (48.3 × 32.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
PR.X.270
Publisher
Hannah Humphrey (about 1745-1818), London
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, upper left: A Bravura Air; upper right: MANDANE; lower right: J.s Gillray ad viv. fect / Published Dec.r 22th 1801 by H. Humphrey. 27 St. James's Street.
Course History
WRIT 5, Poor Taste, William Boyer, Winter 2014
ARTH 28.10, Fashion in Art, Kristin O'Rourke, Fall 2022
Exhibition History
James Gillray: Prints by the Eighteenth Century Master of Caricature, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 8 - March 13, 1994
Publication History
Katherine W. Hart with the assistance of Laura Hacker, "James Gillray: Prints by the Eighteenth Century Master of Caricature", Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1994, catalog no. 51, p. 44.
Provenance
Source unknown.
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