The guardian-angel [graphic].

Description

Title: The guardian-angel [graphic].
Creator: Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Contributor: Peters, Matthew William, 1741 or 1742-1814.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [10 May 1805]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. May 10th, 1805, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Abstract: "An altered copy of British Museum Satires No. 10389. The two principal figures are substantially the same, but Mrs. Fitzherbert's expression is less subtle; she looks down at her charge with an exulting smile. The feathers in her hair are set in a fillet inscribed 'Ich Dien', her breasts are almost bare, her drapery is more swirling. Her pouch is inscribed 'Amusements for Young Minds', its contents differ, and her book is a 'Missal'. Above them (left) ls inscribed: 'Angels ever bright and fair" Take, Oh Take me to thy Care,"'. The altar is larger and closer to the ascending figures. In place of the Virgin, the Prince of Wales (half length) stands behind it, looking down at the 'Guardian-Angel'. On the altar, which is inscribed 'Sanctum Sanctorum' is an irradiated chalice. The attendant cherubs are (left) Derby, (?) Grey, Grenville; and (right) Norfolk, Burdett, and Windham. Two cherubs have descended from the circle (right) and look fixedly at close range towards the child; they are Fox and Sheridan. The rays are inscribed: 'Bulls', 'Dispensations', 'Indulgences', 'Luxuries', 'Consecrations', 'Cannonizations', 'Remissions', 'Pardons', 'Beatifications', 'Permissions'. Below the ascending pair, in place of the Pavilion, is the roof of Carlton House."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue.
Altered copy of a print by Gillray, published 22 April 1805 by H. Humphrey. Cf. No. 10389 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8.
Text following title: The designer is particularly indebted to Mr. Peters for the hint for this subject.
"Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening"--Beneath imprint.
Printseller's stamp in lower right of plate: S.W.F.
Four figures identified at bottom of mounting sheet, their names written in ink: Princess Charlotte; Mrs. Fitzherbert; C. Fox; R.B. Sheridan.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted after page 340 (leaf numbered '163' in pencil) in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.9 x 26 cm, on sheet 39 x 27 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Collection Title: Volume 2, after page 340. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Collection / Other Creator: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852.
Collection Date: London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825.