Le baiser a la Wirtembourg [graphic]

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Title: Le baiser a la Wirtembourg [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [15 April 1797]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. April 15th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street & St. Jamess [sic] Street
Abstract: "The Prince of Würtemberg (right) bends forward, kissing the Princess Royal on the right cheek. Her figure is matronly, his is corpulent. He wears two ribbons, many stars on his coat, while the jewels of orders dangle from his button-holes (cf. BMSat 9007)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Three lines of quoted verse below title: "Heav'n grant their happiness complete, and may they make both ends to meet, in these hard times.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 36.4 x 26.4 cm, on sheet 42.1 x 30.5 cm.
Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Ruse 1802.
Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 9 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 36 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Etchings England London 1797
Watermarks (Paper) J. Ruse 1802
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1754-1816
Charlotte, Queen, Consort of Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1766-1828
Subject (Topic): Kissing
Subjects: Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1754-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Charlotte, Queen, Consort of Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1766-1828 > Caricatures and cartoons
Kissing
England > 1797
England > London > 1797
J. Ruse > 1802
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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