[Mr. Pulteney's duel with Lord Hervey].

Description

Title: [Mr. Pulteney's duel with Lord Hervey].
Published / Created: [1731]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Mr. Pulteney duels with Lord Hervey in a country road, an open field behind them and in the distance trees against a dark, cloudy sky. In the foreground on the right stands the figure of Sir Robert Walpole who points to the two duelers
Description: Title and imprint from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark.
Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 1.
Subjects identified below image in contemporary hand.
Window mounted to 20 x 26 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Formerly owned by Edwin Thomas Truman, and sold to Bowditch in 1906.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 19 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1731
Mezzotints England London 1731
Annotations (Provenance)
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper sepia ink.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764
Ickworth, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Subject (Topic): Daggers & swords
Dueling
Subjects: Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Ickworth, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743 > Caricatures and cartoons
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 > Caricatures and cartoons
Daggers & swords
Dueling
England > 1731
England > London > 1731
Truman, Edwin Thomas, 1818-1905 > Ms. notes
Truman, Edwin Thomas, 1818-1905 > Ownership

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