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Lordly elevation

Lordly elevation
 1802

Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
26.6 × 20.9 cm (image) 26.6 × 21.0 cm (plate) 30.4 × 40.5 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 9905; Wright & Evans 512
Printing/Publishing
published by Hannah Humphrey, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: J.s (s in superscript above . ) Gillray d. & f.-t (t in superscript above - ) LORDLY ELEVATION . Pub.d (d in superscript above . ) Jan.y (y in superscript above . ) 6.th (th in superscript above . ) 1802. by H. Humphrey S.t (t in superscript above . ) James’s Street
printed in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) u.r.: “Methinks I’m now a marv’lous proper Man .— / “I’ll have my Chambers lin’d with Looking Glaſs . / “And entertain a score or two of Tailors .— / “To study faſhions to adorn my body .—
printed in ink (in image) (on bottle label) c.l.: VELNO
Accession Number
1573.20-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1946
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Portraits
Subjects (specific)
caricatures crowns (headdresses) men (male humans) mirrors nobles (aristocrats) vanity (philosophical concept)
Movements
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)