Britannia's support of the conspirators defeated [art original].

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Title: Britannia's support of the conspirators defeated [art original].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created: [1789]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: "The Prince of Wales ..., sword in hand, gallantly protects Britannia against the attack of three conspirators: Pitt raises a headsman's axe in both hands; Grafton, holding a conspirator's lantern, is about to strike her with a dagger; Richmond ... fires a musket, resting one knee on a cannon. The Prince wears a coronet with three ostrich feathers, he holds out his shield behind Britannia, who cowers towards him in terror."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the print for which this is the original drawing
Description: Titled by the artist in brown ink below image.
Attributed to Rowlandson.
Original drawing for a print of the same title published by H. Holland on 7 February 1789. Cf. No. 7503 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 247.
Provenance: Purchased from Jarndyce, November 2017.
Extent: 1 drawing : visible image 19.2 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: pencil, pen and ink and gray wash ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic): Britannia (Symbolic character)
Subjects: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Britannia (Symbolic character)
British > 18th century

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Citation: Thomas Rowlandson, Britannia's Support of the Conspirators Defeated. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.