The trial of the D. of C. and Lady G-r for crim. con. [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The trial of the D. of C. and Lady G-r for crim. con. [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Trial of the Duke of Cumberland and Lady Grosvenor for criminal conversation
- Published / Created
- [1770]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
A judge on a raised seat, plaintiff and defendants, witnesses or spectators stand below, surrounding a rectangular barrier within which is a table, at which a clerk is writing. Four counsel stand within the barrier, two to the right. of the judge, two to his left. The Judge (Mansfield) sits, his left forefinger raised, listening with a stern expression to the remarks addressed to him. In the centre, in back view, stands Lord Grosvenor, wearing a tie-wig with horns, to which he points, saying: "I only want to know for a Certainty whether I am entitled to this Head Dress". On the left in profile to the right. stand Lady Grosvenor, holding out a fan, and Cumberland. She says: "My case shall be laid before this Court, and I can have nothing to fear from an Upright Judge"; he says: "I can do no Wrong". Behind him on the extreme left is a woman wearing a hood and holding a fan. She says: "It was a Pity to disturb them when they were going to Prince Making". One of the counsel on the Judge's right says: "If her L-----d, has not bedded with her these two years She cannot be with Child, but she may be with Prince". The two counsel on the other side say: "The Lady acted upon Revolution Principles She is strongly attached to the Present Family, and, There is no actual Proof of Adultery." A man in back view says: "The Youth wanted a Sop in Pan." A cook, on the extreme right, says, laughing: "How his------R------y [sic] H---n---ss will be Roasted and Basted."--Brit. Mus. online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Publication date based on the date of the trial.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted to 33 x 47 cm. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; Dec. 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 11 x 17 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 770.00.00.46
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Judicial proceedings
Satires (Visual works) England 1770
Etchings England London 1770 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name)
-
Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790
Grosvenor, Henrietta Grosvenor, Countess, -1828
Grosvenor, Richard Grosvenor, Earl, 1731-1802
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 - Subject (Topic)
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Trials (Adultery)
Adultery
Courtrooms - Subjects
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Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grosvenor, Henrietta Grosvenor, Countess, -1828 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grosvenor, Richard Grosvenor, Earl, 1731-1802 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 > Caricatures and cartoons
Trials (Adultery) > Great Britain
Adultery
Courtrooms > Great Britain
England > 1770
England > London > 1770
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8379105
- Object ID (OID)
- 10713487