Grace before meat, or, A peep at Lord Peter's [graphic].

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Title: Grace before meat, or, A peep at Lord Peter's [graphic].
Alternative Title: Peep at Lord Peter's
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Charlotte,--Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain,--1744-1818--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, attributed name.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Petre, Robert Edward Petre,--Baron,--1742-1801--Caricatures and cartoons.
Copyright Date: [ca. November 1778]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: W. M. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Abstract: George III at table with the queen and seated between Lord and Lady Petre with nine other persons while a tall monk stands on the left saying grace. A crucifix and picture of a saint on the wall mark this as an anti-Catholic satire occasioned by the King's visit to Lord Petre in October of 1778 after the passing of the Catholic Relief Act.
Description: Also attributed to Gillray.
Date from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 30 x 41 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1778.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1778.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Charlotte,--Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain,--1744-1818--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, attributed name.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Petre, Robert Edward Petre,--Baron,--1742-1801--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subject (Topic): Anti-Catholicism.
Clothing & dress--England--1770-1780.
Dining tables.
Monks.
Prayer.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5489
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 28