Counsellor O. P., defender of our theatric liberties [copy 1].

Caricaturist
Gillray, James, 1756-1815 [Browse]
Format
Visual material
Language
No linguistic content
Published/​Created
London : [s.n.], 1809/12/05.
Description
1 item ; sheet 33.7 x 23.8 cm.

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Notes
  • Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
  • Inscribed in plate, below: "In the Sketch above we find, The Face an index of the mind. But this Face and body are By nature destin'd for the Bar, If in his proper sphere he'd shine We recommend th'Old Bailey-Line".
  • Provenance: Stamped on verso, "Princeton University // Library // Presented by // Dickson Q. Brown '95".
  • Signed in plate, lower right: "Js. Gillray fect.".
Source acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
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