The prospect before us [graphic].

Description

Title: The prospect before us [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created: [20 December 1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Decr. 20, 1788 (according to act of Parliament) by Tom Brown, Spa Fields, Chelsea
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: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Rowlandson by British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 30 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 : sheet 23.2 x 32 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Etchings England London 1788
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818.
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subjects: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
England > 1788
England > London > 1788
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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