The Spartan boy [graphic].

Description

Title: The Spartan boy [graphic].
Published / Created: [1785]
Publication Place: [Dublin?]
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Abstract: Design in an oval, with the Prince of Wales shown half-length and in profile facing right, holding a fox in his arms which are crossed over his breast. A dialogue bubble from the fox's mouth says, "I shall get through at last."
Description: Date based on the publication date of a similar print in the Hibernian magazine.
Possibly a reissue of a plate published in the Hibernian magazine, 1785, p. 57.
Suckling.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching & stipple engraving on laid paper, hand-colored ; oval design 10.1 x 6.7 cm, plate mark 12.2 x 9.4 cm, on sheet 19 x 12 cm
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings -- England -- London -- 1785
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1785
Stipple engravings -- England -- London -- 1785
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress -- England -- 1780-1790
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Foxes
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Orbis Record: 7689332
Object ID (OID): 10727961
More Information: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6782