A York address to the whale, caught lately off Gravesend [graphic].

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Title: A York address to the whale, caught lately off Gravesend [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Published / Created: [5 April 1809]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. April 5th, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Abstract: "The Duke of York, in regimentals, his hat and sword beside him, kneels with clasped hands before the vast head of a whale, which projects into the design from the right, and rests on a low wooden platform. He says: "O Mighty Monster of the Deep, continue to attract the attention of John Bull, bend his mind solely towards thee, for in that is my only hope-fascinated by thy powerful attractions he may perhaps forget the honour of a P------e."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on verso of leaf 10 of volume 10 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 23.6 x 35 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1809
Etchings England London 1809
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subjects: Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1809
England > London > 1809
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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