Lot 139
Fashion satire.- Gillray (James) Modern-Elegance, A Portrait, 1795
Hammer Price: £300
Description
Fashion satire.- Gillray (James) Modern-Elegance, A Portrait, etching with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, platemark 353 x 245 mm (13 7/8 x 9 5/8 in), small margins, repaired tear to the right edge just below centre, handling creases, unframed, [BM Satires 8719], published by Hannah Humphrey, 1795; together with three further Gillray satirical prints, including 'Les Invisibles' [BM 11612], 'La Walse.| Le Bon Genre' [BM 11613], and 'A spencer & a thread-paper' [BM 8192], etchings, with original hand-colouring, between 260 x 210 mm (10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in) and 255 x 330 mm (10 x 13 in), occasional minor surface dirt and light browning, unframed, 1792-1810 (4)
Description
Fashion satire.- Gillray (James) Modern-Elegance, A Portrait, etching with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, platemark 353 x 245 mm (13 7/8 x 9 5/8 in), small margins, repaired tear to the right edge just below centre, handling creases, unframed, [BM Satires 8719], published by Hannah Humphrey, 1795; together with three further Gillray satirical prints, including 'Les Invisibles' [BM 11612], 'La Walse.| Le Bon Genre' [BM 11613], and 'A spencer & a thread-paper' [BM 8192], etchings, with original hand-colouring, between 260 x 210 mm (10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in) and 255 x 330 mm (10 x 13 in), occasional minor surface dirt and light browning, unframed, 1792-1810 (4)