Cymon & Iphigenia.
J.s G.y des. T. Adams sculp.t. [drawn and engraved by James Gillray].
[Pub,d May 2.d 1796 by H. Humphrey New Bond Street.]
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 375mm (9½ x 14¾"). Trimmed to printed border, losing publication line.
A burlesque of the discovery by Cymon of Iphigenia asleep, with a hideous yokel finding a fat black country-woman leaning back against a sandy bank. He drops his stick and gapes with delighted surprise.
BM Satires 8908.
[Ref: 61734] £520.00
[Pub,d May 2.d 1796 by H. Humphrey New Bond Street.]
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 240 x 375mm (9½ x 14¾"). Trimmed to printed border, losing publication line.
A burlesque of the discovery by Cymon of Iphigenia asleep, with a hideous yokel finding a fat black country-woman leaning back against a sandy bank. He drops his stick and gapes with delighted surprise.
BM Satires 8908.
[Ref: 61734] £520.00