St. Cecilia [graphic].

Creator:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.

Published/Created:

[London]
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
1782 April 24

Copyright Date:

[24 April 1782]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching & roulette on india paper, hand-colored ; sheet 22 x 19 cm

Notes:

CtY-LW
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

Lady Cecilia Johnston, facing right, seated at the organ upon which two cats are reading from a hymnal and yowling accompaniment. A parody of Reynold's painting of Mrs. Sheridan as St. Cecilia.

Variant Titles:

Saint Cecilia

Topics:

Cats.
Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790.
Organs.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Cecilia,--Saint.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia,--Lady,--1727-1817--Caricatures and cartoons.

Language:

English

Genre:

Caricatures--England--1782.
Etchings--England--London--1782.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1782.

Format:

Image

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

Auchincloss Gillray v. 7

Orbis Record:

6765837

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11859250

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6104
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 392
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 35

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11859178

PID:

digcoll:4000344