The flying privy from Westmoreland / [graphic]

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Title: The flying privy from Westmoreland / [graphic]
Creator: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher.
Published / Created: June 1827.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 24 St. Jamees's [sic] St.
Abstract: Lord Westmorland shown in profile flies to the left, clutching a closed green umbrella. Spiky, umbrella-like wings are strapped to his shoulders. From between his legs a large (gold and onyx) seal, labeled Privy Seal, falls to the ground. His profile and dress (top-hat, leather breeches, and top-boots) are copied from Dighton's portrait (BM Satires 14265). At the base of the design and backed by trees are the heads and shoulders of two men and a woman gazing up. One man wearing a top hat scowls, holding his nose with a gloved hand and says "What is that?"; another man, says "There he goes!" An amused woman exclaims: "Ha! Ha! Oh! My!"
Description: Title from caption below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: David Tunick; October 2011.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 34.5 x 23 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Puns (Visual works)
Satires (Visual works) England 1827
Etchings England London 1827
Material: etching, hand-colored ;
Subject (Name): Westmorland, John Fane, Earl of, 1784-1859
Great Britain. Privy Council.
Subject (Topic): Flying
Privies
Subjects: Westmorland, John Fane, Earl of, 1784-1859 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain. Privy Council
Flying
Privies
England > 1827
England > London > 1827

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