Very_slippy-weather.jpg


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English: Very slippy-weather / etch'd by Js. Gillray.

SUMMARY: Cartoon shows an elderly man who has slipped and fallen on the sidewalk outside Humphrey's printing establishment at No. 27 St. James's Street, London. He is holding a thermometer which he manages keep upright, behind him are five individuals looking at caricatures printed by Humphrey that are on display in the shop windows.

MEDIUM: 1 print : etching, hand-colored.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: London : Publish'd by H. Humphrey, 1808 February 10th.
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Source Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-5779 (digital file from original), uncompressed archival TIFF version (12 MB) , color level (pick white point), brightness –20 contrast +20, cropped and converted to JPEG (quality level 88) with the GIMP 2.4.5.
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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creator QS:P170,Q520806
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10 February 1808 Gregorian