Print: A Cognocenti Contemplating Ye Beauties Of Ye Antique, 1801
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  • Title: A Cognocenti Contemplating Ye Beauties Of Ye Antique, 1801
  • Description: An elderly Sir William Hamilton inspecting his antiquities, all of which refer to his wife, Lady Emma Hamilton and her lover, Lord Horatio Nelson. In the background hang four pictures on the wall: "Cleopatra", a picture of Lady Hamilton with her breasts exposed, holding a gin bottle; "Mark Anthony", Lord Nelson with a sea battle in background: an erupting volcano; and a portrait of Hamilton, facing away from the other paintings.
  • Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver
  • Subjects: Adultery--Great Britain--1800-1810, Antiquities--Great Britain--1800-1810, Hamilton, Emma,--Lady,--1765-1815, Hamilton, William,--Sir,--1730-1803--Associated objects, Nelson, Horatio Nelson,--Viscount,--1758-1805
  • Collection: Cartoon Prints, British. The cartoon prints (approximately 8,500 distinct images) in the British Cartoon Prints Collection were published primarily between 1780 to 1830, an era dominated by the prodigious talents and prolific efforts of such famous caricaturists as James Gillray and George Cruikshank. The cartoons highlight aspects of British political life, including tensions with its colonies and other nations, as well as society, fashion, manners, and theater.
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