Cymon and Iphigenia, 1796, Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite, sheet: 8 7/16 x 9 5/8 in. (21.5 x 24.5 cm), Drawings, James Gillray (British, Chelsea 1756–1815 London), Gillray here parodies a tale found in Boccaccio's Decameron and Dryden's Fables. While walking in the countryside, Cymon, a 'fool of nature,' encounters the sleeping Iphigenia, whose beauty provokes his exaggerated delight
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Cymon, Iphigenia, 1796, Watercolor, pen, black ink, graphite, sheet, 8 7/16 x 9 5/8, 21.5 24.5 cm, Drawings, James Gillray, British, Chelsea, 1756–1815, London, Gillray, parodies, tale, Boccaccio, Decameron, Dryden, Fables, walking, countryside, fool, nature, encounters, sleeping Iphigenia, beauty provokes, exaggerated delight
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