198 - Gillray (James) The Marriage of Cupid & Psyche, etching and aquatint, with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 264 x 360 mm (10 3/8 x 14 1/4 in), thread margins, some toning to left and right of cameo, thinning with perforation in the upper left quadrant, brown ink inscription in the lower left, unframed, 1797

Gillray (James) The Marriage of Cupid & Psyche, etching and aquatint, with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 264 x 360 mm (10 3/8 x 14 1/4 in), thread margins, some toning to left and right of cameo, thinning with perforation in the upper left quadrant, brown ink inscription in the lower left, unframed, 1797 Literature: BM Satires 9076 *** Gillray reimagines the well known composition of The Marriage of Cupid, which originated from one of the cameos belonging to the Duke of Marlborough, known as the Marlborough Gem, in order to lampoon the marriage of Lord Derby to Miss Nellie Farren.