The modern Egbert, or, The king of kings [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The modern Egbert, or, The king of kings [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- King of kings
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created
- Jany. 8, 1789.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by Charles Bronwn [sic], Strand
- Abstract
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"Pitt as the modern Egbert (king of the West Saxons, d. 839) is rowed by four kings, and tows behind him a small boat in which the Prince of Wales is seated, his wrists and ankles chained. Pitt, who steers, is seated high in the stern of the 'Treasury Barge', he wears a combined coronet and mitre, and says to his four oarsmen, 'Pull together Boys'. They are Thurlow (stroke), Buckingham, Dundas, and Richmond (bow). All wear crowns on their heads and badges like those of watermen on their sleeves. Thurlow, stripped to the waist, his badge a rose, says, "Damme! I've got precedence of the Young Lion"; he rows with the Chancellor's mace. Buckingham (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland), an Irish harp on his coat-sleeve, rows with a shillelagh, saying, "I'll answer for the Shelalagh without Authority". Dundas, wearing a thistle badge, rows with a long spoon, saying, "He shall remember old Nemo impune". Richmond, wearing a fleur-de-lis badge (he was due d'Aubigny), rows with a cannon (emblem of the ordnance, cf. BMSat 6921, &c), saying, "We'll shew him Gallic Faith." They row on one side of the boat only. A large flag in the stern of Pitt's boat has his crest (reversed), a stork grasping an anchor, with the motto: 'Devil take the Right P.W. [Prince William]'. The Prince wears a coronet with three feathers; he says, "I feel not for myself but for my country". His boat flies a flag with Pitt's crest above a flag with the royal arms. In the background is the river bank with trees, a church (the House of Commons) flying a (blank) flag (right), and (left) the dome of St. Paul's."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego.
State with additions to the plate.
Watermark: L Taylor.
Mounted to 32 x 45 cm. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 24.6 x 34.7 cm, on sheet 27 x 43 cm
- Edition
- [2nd state].
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 789.01.08.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1789
Engravings England London 1789 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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England.
Great Britain. - Subject (Name)
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813
Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806 - Subject (Topic)
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Regency
Kings
Rowboats
Flags
Crowns - Subjects
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813 > Caricatures and cartoons
Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Regency > England
Kings > Great Britain
Rowboats
Flags
Crowns
England > 1789
England > London > 1789
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- 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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7716306
- Object ID (OID)
- 10731078