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A pyramidal bas relief monument to Lady Cecilia Johnston, seated on a latrine-like stool; expressing her position in fashionable society as an elderly coquette. Etching by James Gillray, 1791.

Lady Cecilia Johnston leans forward to kiss the nose of a large goat which puts a hoof on her chest. Engraving by James Gillray, 1792.

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Johnston, Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817.

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A pyramidal bas relief monument to Lady Cecilia Johnston, seated on a latrine-like stool; expressing her position in fashionable society as an elderly coquette. Etching by James Gillray, 1791.

Lady Cecilia Johnston leans forward to kiss the nose of a large goat which puts a hoof on her chest. Engraving by James Gillray, 1792.