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Watercolour of Sir Peter Rivers Gay in front of Royal Crescent, Bath c.1773

Watercolour of Sir Peter Rivers Gay in front of Royal Crescent, Bath c.1773

Image Reference: 13552
Image Date: 1773
Measurements: 18 x 22 cm
Medium: painting
Collection: Books
Library Reference: B 821.6 ANS /1102574836
Credit: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies
Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: Gay is shown in gown and wig directing the work of a kitchen garden; a clerk is seated at a table bearing a moneybag and is entering accounts on a sheet. A gardener stands leaning on a spade, holding his wages. Latin translation is 'As riches grow, care follows' - Horace.
Inserted in the frontispiece of "Ode on an Evening View of the Crescent at Bath" by Christopher Anstey, 1773.

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