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[John Nicholls] French Habits No. 10. Juge de Paix.
J.s. G.y [James Gillray.] d. & f.t.
Pub.d May 15st 1798 by H.Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill', date lost. Narrow margins.
John Nicholls (c.1745-1832), MP for Tregony, in the dress of the French Republican Juge de Paix., as designed by David and regulated by a complementary law of the Constitution of the Year III (1794-5). Notoriously ugly, Nicholls is shown with his left eye closed, a projecting lower jaw and his upper lip drawn up in a permanent snarl. One of a set of twelve plates.
BM Satires 9211.
[Ref: 59153] £220.00
Pub.d May 15st 1798 by H.Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.
Etching 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mill', date lost. Narrow margins.
John Nicholls (c.1745-1832), MP for Tregony, in the dress of the French Republican Juge de Paix., as designed by David and regulated by a complementary law of the Constitution of the Year III (1794-5). Notoriously ugly, Nicholls is shown with his left eye closed, a projecting lower jaw and his upper lip drawn up in a permanent snarl. One of a set of twelve plates.
BM Satires 9211.
[Ref: 59153] £220.00