The ambassadors extraordinry [sic] return on bulls without horns [graphic].

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Title
The ambassadors extraordinry [sic] return on bulls without horns [graphic].
Alternative Title
Ambassadors extraordinry return on bulls without horns
Ambassadors extraordinary return on bulls without horns
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created
[16 March 1789]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. March 16th, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccaddilly [sic]
Abstract

"The seven men ride (right to left) on asses, a signpost (right) pointing 'To Dublin'; they carry 'Regency cakes' in place of potatoes. On the extreme left three men lean eagerly forward, one shouts: "What news, What News the tidings tell make haste and tell us all, Say why are Thus mounted Is Regent come and all." St. Patrick, whose galloping donkey has a head-dress of the Prince of Wales's feathers, answers, "By Jasus I'll tell you all in no time why you must know the K-----g is better than the Reg------t that is all". Next comes Charlemont, identified by his earl's coronet; his donkey kicks violently ..."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from item.
Tentatively attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Companion print to: Irish ambassadors extraordinary!!!
Temporary local subject terms: Irish Commissioners -- Irish Commissioners' address, 1784 -- Clubs: Shillelaghs -- Coronets -- Regency crisis -- Signposts: "To Dublin" -- Emblems: Regency cakes -- Irish asses -- Food: potato cakes -- Allusion to George III -- Allusion to George IV -- Allusion to Louis Weltje, 1745-1810 -- Allusion to Francis Willis, 1718-1807 -- James Stuart, fl. 1789 -- Thomas Connolly, ca. 1738-1803 -- William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1744-1806, John O'Neill, 1st Viscount, 1740-1798.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 20.3 x 69 cm, on sheet 23.1 x 70 cm.
Mounted on leaf 49 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 20 x 66 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1789
Etchings England London 1789
Watermarks (Paper)
Material
etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804
Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799
Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
Subject (Topic)
Ethnic stereotypes
Donkeys
Traffic signs & signals
Clergy
Bishops
Fools' caps
Subjects
Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804 > Caricatures and cartoons
Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799 > Caricatures and cartoons
Patrick, Saint, 373?-463? > Caricatures and cartoons
Ethnic stereotypes
Donkeys
Traffic signs & signals
Clergy
Bishops
Fools' caps
England > 1789
England > London > 1789
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9061429
Object ID (OID)
11791572

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