Frying sprats vide royal supper ; Toasting muffins : vide royal breakfast. [graphic]

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Title: Frying sprats vide royal supper ; Toasting muffins : vide royal breakfast. [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [28 November 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Novr. 28th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Abstract: "The Queen, much caricatured, sits over a fire in profile to the right, toasting sprats on a gridiron (then called a saveall, see BMSat 6965); a plate of fish stands on a high trivet beside her. She wears over-sleeves, a check apron over an under-petticoat on which hangs a pocket, bulging with guineas, but patched."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Titles etched below images.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Identical imprint etched below each image.
One line of text across the length of the plate: Ah! sure a pair was never seen, ... so justly formed to meet by nature!
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Parsimony -- Utensils: forks -- Knives -- Dishes: plates -- Furniture: trivets -- Gridirons -- Fireplaces: ovens -- Bags of money.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; March 1961;
Extent: 1 print : image 19.0 x 14.8 cm, on sheet 24 x 35 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Aquatints England London 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Material: etching & aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Subjects: Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1791
England > London > 1791
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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