Twas Nobody saw The lover's leap & let the cat out of the bag [graphic]

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Title: Twas Nobody saw The lover's leap & let the cat out of the bag [graphic]
Alternative Title: Lover's leap
Creator: Kingsbury, Henry, fl. 1750-1789, 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
Abstract: 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."
Description: Title from item.
Engraver from unverified card catalog record.
Temporary local subject terms: Pellegrine Treves -- Nobodies -- Mottoes: 'Ich Dien' -- Mottoes: Pro bono publico -- 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) -- Inscription on broom: Pro bono publico.
Watermark: C Patch.
On verso in pencil: George T. Stubbs attrib. by J Reilly, 7-29-83.
Provenance: Old Print Shop ; June 1961 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.3 x 37 cm, on sheet 27.7 x 41 cm
Edition: [State with added titles and broom-stick inscriptions].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Etchings England London 1786
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

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