[Illustration to one of Peter Pindar's odes] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Illustration to one of Peter Pindar's odes] [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created: [1787]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "George III rides Pegasus, and is about to be thrown; both arms are raised in consternation. Another man (? Wolcot) falls head downwards from the horse; his wig has fallen off and he has dropped a roll of MS. Behind the plunging heels of the animal Harlequin (right) flourishes his club."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title, printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue.
Proof state, before "Ode for new year" lettering added to the roll of paper within image.
Lettered state of this plate is the frontispiece to: Ode upon ode, or, Peep at St. James's ... London : Printed for G. Kearsley ..., [1787]
Mounted on verso of leaf 13 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Provenance: From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.0 x 25.5 cm, on sheet 21.7 x 28 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [Proof before letters].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Book illustrations
Frontispieces
Satires (Visual works) England 1787
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Etchings England London 1787
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
Subject (Topic): Harlequin (Fictitious character)
Pegasus (Greek mythology)
Falling
Wigs
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819 > Caricatures and cartoons
Harlequin (Fictitious character)
Pegasus (Greek mythology)
Falling
Wigs
England > 1787
18th century
England > London > 1787
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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