A portrait [graphic].

Description

Title: A portrait [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [10 January 1812]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. January 10th, 1812, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "The Duke of Cumberland walks in profile to the left, putting his spy-glass to his right eye. He holds hat and cane, wears a high-collared coat with a star, blue with red facings (the Windsor uniform), leather breeches, and spurred top-boots. Behind is the pagoda in Kew Gardens, with a background of distant trees rising to a great height. A companion plate to British Museum Satires No. 11925 by Rowlandson, with the same imprint."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left edge.
Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 12 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 27.3 x 23 cm, on sheet 28.7 x 23 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1812
Etchings England London 1812
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851
Subjects: Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1812
England > London > 1812
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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