The prospect before us [graphic].

Description

Title: The prospect before us [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Charlotte,--Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain,--1744-1818--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Hastings, Warren,--1732-1818.
Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana,--ca 1728-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.
Published / Created: 1788 December 20
Copyright Date: [20 December 1788]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: Tom Brown
Abstract: "Mrs. Schwellenberg, followed by the Queen, who is held in leading-strings by Pitt, advances towards the House of Lords (left) from the 'Treasury' whose barred gate is on the extreme right. Mrs. Schwellenberg, very gross and ugly, holds the bag of the Great Seal in place of a muff; a large mace rests against her shoulder ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Attributed to Rowlandson by British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.2 x 32 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1788.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1788.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Charlotte,--Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain,--1744-1818--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Hastings, Warren,--1732-1818.
Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana,--ca 1728-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7383