Motion for restoring his H------- to dignity, or Mentor reconducting Telemachus to the Elysian fields a fancy peice [sic] in watercolors / [graphic]

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Lewis Walpole Library > Motion for restoring his H------- to dignity, or Mentor reconducting Telemachus to the Elysian fields a fancy peice [sic] in watercolors / [graphic]


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Title
Motion for restoring his H------- to dignity, or Mentor reconducting Telemachus to the Elysian fields a fancy peice [sic] in watercolors / [graphic]
Alternative Title
Motion for restoring his Highness to dignity
Creator
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Contributor
Macklew, Edward, publisher.
Dickie, W. -1808, publisher.
Published / Created
May the 2d, 1787.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pub'd as the act directs for the proprietor, by E. Macklew, N. 9, Haymarket, and W. Dickie, No. 195 Strand
Description
Title from item.
Printmaker tentatively identified in the Britihs Museum catalogue.
Statement following imprint: ... of whom may be had the new prints of Trip and Return from Brighton, Jovial crew &c.
'Mentor' in the title written in ink over illegible word that has been burnished out.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Literary allusion to Homer's Odyssey -- Mythology: Elysian Fields -- Mythology: Telemachus -- Mythology: Mentor -- Travesties: The Odyssey -- City of London arms reversed -- Puns on artists' names -- Pugilism -- Courtesans -- Horse racing -- Knocker on door: Delicacy -- Gambling -- Playing cards -- Drinking: Champagne and claret -- Treasury door: Knock and it shall be opened.
Provenance
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent
1 print : sheet 20.5 x 35.2 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
787.05.02.01

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1787
Etchings England London 1787
Material
etching with stipple ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Newnham, Nathaniel, approximately 1741-1809
Subjects
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Newnham, Nathaniel, approximately 1741-1809 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1787
England > London > 1787

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
11648677
Object ID (OID)
10728310

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