Monuments lately discover'd on Salisbury Plain [graphic].

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Title: Monuments lately discover'd on Salisbury Plain [graphic].
Alternative Title: Monuments lately discovered on Salisbury Plain
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [15 June 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 15th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Abstract: A satire on the Prince of Wales's relations with Lady Salisbury, the pair shown holding hands on the right, while her husband, drawn as a block of stone, stamps angrily in the center. Between them is Mrs. Robinson, who had been deserted by the Prince, and on the left 5 figures are dancing in a circle
Description: Title etched below image.
Two lines of explanatory text below title: The figures No. 1 & 2 are judged by conoiseurs [sic] to have lately been animated with the coelestial fire ...
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.3 x 32.2 cm.
Mounted on leaf 20 of volume 7 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. 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 24 x 33 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching, hand-colored ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Salisbury Plain (England)
England
Subject (Name): George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835
Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800
Subject (Topic): Cuckolds
Couples
Clothing & dress
Subjects: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835 > Caricatures and cartoons
Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823 > Caricatures and cartoons
Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cuckolds
Salisbury Plain (England)
Couples
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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