A pyramidal bas relief monument to Lady Cecilia Johnston, seated on a latrine-like stool; expressing her position in fashionable society as an elderly coquette. Etching by James Gillray, 1791.
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
- Date:
- 19 September 1791
- Reference:
- 12088i
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About this work
Description
Behind Lady Cecilia a cherub holds his nose and an extinguishing torch, by her feet lie skulls and bones, a crumpled note she holds reads: "tranquility". Below the pyramid between two fluted columns are eight lines of verse on the theme of 'patience', followed by "Vide - St. Cecilias day"
Publication/Creation
[London] (18 Old Bond Street) : H. Humphrey, 19 September 1791.
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 31.2 x 21 cm
Contributors
Lettering
"Patience on a monument." Engraved from a modern antique in the possession of the General.
Bears number bottom right : 18
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. VI, London 1938, no. 7971
Reference
Wellcome Collection 12088i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores