Gillray - Cymon & Iphigenia
by James Gillray (1756-1815)
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- Condition
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DONCASTER EAST, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
1796. Stipple engraving with original colouring. 240mm by 274mm (sheet). 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.CONDITION: Trimmed to the image. A couple of small rubbed spots.
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.CONDITION: Trimmed to the image. A couple of small rubbed spots.
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- Bookseller
- Sebra Prints (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 186
- Title
- Gillray - Cymon & Iphigenia
- Author
- James Gillray (1756-1815)
- Format/Binding
- Stipple engraving with original colouring
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1796
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DONCASTER EAST, Victoria
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Sebra Prints opened in August 2003 out of a passion for antique prints, and a desire to offer good quality, original prints, across a wide range of topics. We specialise in antique engravings and lithographs from 17th,18th and 19th centuries as well as some early 20th century works. We cover a huge range of styles, artists and subject matter.
Sebra Prints is aowned by Dafydd Davies has over 20 years experience dealing with antique prints, both in Australia and in London. The name Sebra comes from an admiration for the mezzotint engraving of a zebra after George Stubbs which is titled 'Sebra'.
Sebra Prints is aowned by Dafydd Davies has over 20 years experience dealing with antique prints, both in Australia and in London. The name Sebra comes from an admiration for the mezzotint engraving of a zebra after George Stubbs which is titled 'Sebra'.