Money lenders [graphic].

Description

Title: Money lenders [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: [8 November 1784]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Novemr. 8th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Abstract: A satire on the debts of the Prince of Wales. A handsome young man in a riding costume (a star on his coat suggesting he is the Prince of Wales) sits in a relaxed manner at a table set with a coffee service. Opposite him are two elderly money-lenders, one of whom is wearing spectacles and is drawn with the stereotype profile and beard of a Jew sits reading a long parchment with seal. His partner looks on with a grin of satisfaction
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego.
Mounted to 31 x 45 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.6 x 36.5 cm, on sheet 28 x 44 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Watermarks (Paper) I. Taylor
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic): Debt
Usury
Subjects: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Debt
Usury
England > 1784
England > London > 1784
I. Taylor
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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