A certain great personage learning to spell [graphic]

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Title: A certain great personage learning to spell [graphic]
Published / Created: [1770]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Oxford magazine
Abstract: Satire on the Duke of Cumberland's poor spelling with references to his criminal conversation with Lady Grosvenor. He is shown at a table with a satyr holding a fool's cap over his head as a tutor stands beside the table where the Duke works. Also beside his chair is a monkey on his hind legs. On the wall hangs a birch rod
Description: Title from item.
Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 5 (1770), page 88.
Mounted to 33 x 46 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 16.6 x 10.7 cm, on sheet 21 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1770
Etchings England London 1770
Periodical illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790
Subject (Topic): Satyrs (Greek mythology)
Monkeys
Fools' caps
Tutoring
Clergy
Tables
Chairs
Subjects: Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790 > Caricatures and cartoons
Satyrs (Greek mythology)
Monkeys
Fools' caps
Tutoring
Clergy
Tables
Chairs
England > 1770
England > London > 1770

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