The lover's leap [graphic]

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Title: The lover's leap [graphic]
Creator: Kingsbury, Henry, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [21 March 1786]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd March 21, 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse No.3 Piccadilly
Description: Title from item.
Engraver from unverified card catalog record.
Figure on the left, seated at a table in background: All I desire of mortal man is for to love whilst he can.
Figure on the right seated at a table in background: Well said Robby-- his father will broom stick him.
Temporary local subject terms: Pellegrine Treves -- Nobodies -- Mottoes: 'Ich Dien' -- Brooms -- Morganatic marriages -- Pictures amplify subject -- Emblems: 3 ostrich feathers for Prince of Wales -- Lighting: Chandelier -- Cats out of the bag -- Flastaff -- Venus (Mythological character).
Watermark: J Whatman.
In pencil on verso: George T. Stubbs attrib. by J. Riely, 7-9-83.
Provenance: Sanders ; June, 1960 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26 x 37 cm, on sheet 28.1 x 44 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Etchings England London 1786
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman
Material: etching with stipple ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Robinson, Mary Darby, 1758-1800
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hanger, George, 1751?-1824 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Robinson, Mary Darby, 1758-1800 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1786
England > London > 1786
J Whatman

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