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Venus a la coquelle - or the Swan-sea Venus   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
James Gillray  (1756–1815)  wikidata:Q520806 s:en:Author:James Gillray q:en:James Gillray
 
James Gillray
Alternative names
James Gilray; Gillay; Gillray
Description British caricaturist and engraver
Date of birth/death 13 August 1756 Edit this at Wikidata 1 June 1815 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q520806
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Venus a la coquelle - or the Swan-sea Venus
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English: published 28 March 1809 by Hannah Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, 1809, London.

It represents a fat lady who is seated in a shell drawn by two swans. She holds reins attached to the birds' necks and a carriage-whip is in her right hand. A brace of Cupids, also perched on swans, are riding behind her as pages.

"This is said to represent Mrs. Jones, of Swansea, a celebrated whip, frequently seen in Hyde Park, driving a curricle. It is a very correct representation both of her person and costume. One of her attendants is said to have been a particular favourite." (Thomas Wright and Robert Harding Evans, Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray, H. G. Bohn, 1851, p. 479.)
Date 1809
date QS:P571,+1809-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium hand-colored etching print and aquatint print
Source/Photographer Scan of an original

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