The genius of history, or, Dressing for a masked ball at Naples [graphic]
Found In:
Lewis Walpole Library > The genius of history, or, Dressing for a masked ball at Naples [graphic]
16816903
Description
- Title
- The genius of history, or, Dressing for a masked ball at Naples [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Dressing for a masked ball at Naples
- Creator
- Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, attributed name
- Contributor
- Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [October 1820]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. October 1820 by G. Humphrey, St. James St.
- Abstract
-
"The Princess of Wales, squat and fat, wearing a short transparent dress, adjusts her hair at a large glass above a console table on which lies her black mask. Bergami stands beside her, holding a scarf and a box of 'Essence Bergamy'; he wears orders (see British Museum Satires No. 13810, &c.). She asks: "Comment me trouves tu Mon cour" [sic]? He answers: "Je t'aime mieux comme" / "cela, mon Ange". Through a window reaching to the floor (right) is seen Vesuvius."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum online catalogue.
Mounted on page 4 of: George Humphrey shop album. - Provenance
- Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 23.3 x 27 cm, on sheet 23.9 x 27 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Page 4. George Humphrey shop album.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Humphrey, G., 1773-1831?, collector.
- Collection Date
- [London], [not after 1821]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1821 - 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 - Subject (Topic)
-
Adultery
Obesity
Mirrors
Grooming
Masks
Volcanoes - Subjects
-
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron > Caricatures and cartoons
Adultery
Obesity
Mirrors
Grooming
Masks
Volcanoes
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
19th century
J. Whatman > 1821
Gee, Ernest R., 1878-1956 > Ownership
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 > Ms. notes
Gladstone, Robertson, 1805-1875 > Ownership
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- 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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13850418
- Object ID (OID)
- 16816903