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1796
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'Cymon & Iphigenia'
Etching with original hand-colouring by James Gillray, 1796.
Gillray was an important English caricaturist. In 1796 he published this caricature of the discovery of Cymon by Iphigenia from Garrick's adaption of Dryden's version of the Boccaccio tale. The episode of Iphigenia and Cymon intended to demonstrate the power of love. As Iphigenia sleeps in a grove by the sea, a noble but coarse and unlettered Cypriot youth, Cymon, seeing Iphigenia's beauty, falls in love with her, and, by the power of lobe, becomes an educated and polished courtier. T Adams is cited as the engraver - this is one of Gillray's pseudonyms.
Wove paper.
240mm by 274mm (sheet)
Photo taken against a black background.
- Creator:James Gillray (1757 - 1815, British)
- Creation Year:1796
- Dimensions:Height: 9.45 in (24 cm)Width: 10.83 in (27.5 cm)
- Medium:
- Period:1790-1799
- Condition:Trimmed to the image. A couple of small rubbed spots and a few tiny spots.
- Gallery Location:Melbourne, AU
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU124426558802
James Gillray
James Gillray was a British caricaturist, best-known for his artworks representing political and social satires, like his political cartoons against George III of England. His works were mainly published between 1792 and 1810. Many of his works are held at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
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