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A Country Concert;-or-An evenings entertainment in Sussex.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: James Gillray

Published by: Hannah Humphrey
Title
A Country Concert;-or-An evenings entertainment in Sussex.
Description
English: A lady (left) sits at a piano, in back view, playing and singing. Beside her is a man playing the cello. Both sing: "Beviamo tutti tie" [sic]. Two men sit side by side, in profile to the left, one playing the violin, the other the flute. A little girl lying on the floor tilts dangerously the chair of the violinist, who watches intently the couple at the piano. A loutish youth in top-boots (right) plays with a dog whose collar is inscribed 'Anne Jon'. 1 September 1798
Hand-coloured etching
Date 1798
date QS:P571,+1798-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 258 millimetres
Width: 355 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1851,0901.932
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(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) The lady is identified by Wright and Evans as Mrs. Billington, who lived with the Duke of Sussex during her (second) husband's absence: the husband, on surprising her with Sussex and others, took her to Italy. This incident, if authentic, must belong to 1817 or 1818. In 1798 Mrs. Billington was in Italy, a widow, not yet remarried. She left England in 1794, returning in 1801. Nor can 'Sussex' refer to the Duke: Prince Augustus Frederick was not given a peerage till 27 Nov. 1801.

Grego, 'Gillray', p. 254. Wright and Evans, No. 449. Reprinted, 'G.W.G.', 1830. Reproduced, Angelo, 'Reminiscences', 1904, ii. 9.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0901-932
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