Modesty! [graphic].

Description

Title: Modesty! [graphic].
Creator: Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Contributor: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Humphrey, G., active approximately 1820, printmaker.
Published / Created: June 7, 1821.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Abstract: Caroline and Bergami sit together in an opera-box, frowning angrily at the occupants of the pit, all men, who look up at the box disapprovingly. Bergami holds a bottle labelled 'Essence of Bergamot' and wears a braided hussar uniform. Caroline is very décolletée, with loose black curls and a four-cornered headdress. The Arms of the Republic of Genoa are on the wall beside them with a harp and musical score below. The front of the box is decorated with two cupids holding a ribbon
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Two lines of quoted verse below title: "Her modest looks a cottage might adorn, sweet as the primroase peeps beneath the thorn."
An enlarged version of a design, one of four on a single plate, etched by George Cruikshank and published 15 June 1820. Cf. No. 13731 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Provenance: Jarndyce; March 2019.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26.2 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1821
Etchings England London 1821
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic): Coats of arms
Cupids
Opera houses
Adultery
Subjects: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron > Caricatures and cartoons
Coats of arms
Cupids
Opera houses
Adultery
England > 1821
England > London > 1821
19th century
Gee, Ernest R., 1878-1956 > Ownership
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 > Ms. notes
Gladstone, Robertson, 1805-1875 > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.