Dignity! [graphic].

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Description

Title
Dignity! [graphic].
Creator
Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Contributor
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Humphrey, G., active approximately 1820, publisher.
Published / Created
June 7, 1821.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Abstract

Caricature of Queen Caroline and Bergami seated at a table set with elegant china tureens and plates. On the right an English officer (Captain Pechell) extends his hand graciously as he declines to sit with them. Behind him two servants(?) look on with concern

Description
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum online catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Two lines of quoted text below title: "Grace was in all her steps, Heaven in her eyes, in all her actions dignity."
Text above image, representing words spoken by the officer: I can recognize no power in you to enoble any one - and I shall not degrade myself and the service by sitting at table with such a fellow as that.
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.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Removed from backing with residue of blue paper and paste on verso.
Provenance
Jarndyce; March 2019.
Extent
1 print : sheet 26.8 x 22 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
821.06.07.01

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1821
Etchings England London 1821
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material
etching with stipple ; 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
Pechell, Samuel George
Subject (Topic)
Military officers
British
Dining tables
Servants
Tableware
Subjects
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron > Caricatures and cartoons
Pechell, Samuel George > Caricatures and cartoons
Military officers > British
Dining tables
Servants
Tableware
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

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
14028796
Object ID (OID)
16720942

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