Cymon & Iphigenia [graphic] / Js. Gy. desn. ; T. Adams sculpt.

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Published/Created:
[London]
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
1796 May 2
Physical Description:
1 print : stipple engraving & etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27 x 32 cm
Notes:
Garrick's 'Cymon and Iphigenia', 1767, adapted from Dryden's version of Boccaccio's tale, made the story familiar and popular. It was the subject of a picture by Reynolds.
Thomas Adams is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray.
Title etched below image.
Abstract:
"A burlesque of the discovery by Cymon of Iphigenia asleep. A fat country-woman, whose dark skin and coarse features give her a negroid appearance, leans against a sandy bank. A hideous yokel, advancing from the right, stoops towards her, dropping his stick and gaping with delighted surprise."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant Titles:
Cymon and Iphigenia
Topics:
Couples.
Sleeping.
Topics:
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Language:
English
Genre:
Etchings--England--London--1796.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1796.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1796.
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. 9
Orbis Record:
8068525
Yale Collection:
Beinecke Library
Digital Collection:
General Collection, BRBL, Yale University
oid pointer:
11860623
Citation:
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8908
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 422
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 210
Extent of digitization:
Complete folder digitized.
OID:
11860551
PID:
digcoll:4000701