File:Farmer Giles & his wife shewing off their daughter Betty to their neighbours, on her return from school.jpg

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James Gillray: "Farmer Giles & his wife shewing off their daughter Betty to their neighbours, on her return from school"   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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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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artist QS:P170,Q520806
, 1756-1815, artist.
Author
published by H. Humphrey
Title
"Farmer Giles & his wife shewing off their daughter Betty to their neighbours, on her return from school"
Description

(This 1809 caricature by Gillray satirizes a prosperous farmer's family aspiring to female musical "accomplishments" and other middle class refinements.)

Text in oval on wall at left: "Cheese Farm"
Music on Piano: "Blue Bells of Scotland sung by Mrs. Jordan"
On back wall: Sampler sewn by "Betty Giles"
SUMMARY: Cartoon showing plump girl playing piano. Her parents gloat nearby while others appear less interested.
Date 1809
date QS:P571,+1809-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium 1 print : engraving.
institution QS:P195,Q131454
Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Source/Photographer
This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID cph.3f03803.
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

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current03:12, 23 May 2008Thumbnail for version as of 03:12, 23 May 20082,434 × 1,638 (1.43 MB)Churchh (talk | contribs)re-uploading larger better version
02:02, 8 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 02:02, 8 March 2006944 × 648 (184 KB)Churchh (talk | contribs)losslessly cropped version
21:17, 28 July 2005Thumbnail for version as of 21:17, 28 July 20051,024 × 696 (201 KB)Petrusbarbygere (talk | contribs)SUMMARY: Cartoon showing plump girl playing piano. Her parents gloat nearby while others appear less interested. MEDIUM: 1 print : engraving. CREATED/PUBLISHED: London : published by H. Humphrey, 1809. CREATOR: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist. h

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