Moment of recreation and pleasant reflections music has charms to sooth [sic] the savage breast, to moisten age & loose the marriage tie. [graphic]

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33245688

Description

Title
Moment of recreation and pleasant reflections music has charms to sooth [sic] the savage breast, to moisten age & loose the marriage tie. [graphic]
Contributor
Fores, H., active 1820-1833, publisher.
Published / Created
[2 July 1820]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pub. July 2, 1820, by H. Fores, Panton St., Haymarket
Abstract

"Satire on George IV who sings while Lady Conygham plays at the organ; at the side a table laden with decanters of drink."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Provenance
Sold by London's Dulau and Company to the New York City bookseller Ernest R. Gee in 1928. Earlier ownership by W.E. Gladstone is suggested by a manuscript note from Dulau formerly laid into the front the first volume (now in the object file), which states that "These came from the Gladstone Library at Court Hey, Broad Green. The manuscript notes written below the caricatures are in the handwriting of W.E. Gladstone."
Extent
1 print : sheet 23 x 32.1 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
Subject (Topic)
Adultery
Organs
Singing
Tables
Bottles
Alcoholic beverages
Hats
Pineapples
Subjects
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861 > Caricatures and cartoons
Adultery
Organs
Singing
Tables
Bottles
Alcoholic beverages
Hats
Pineapples
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
19th century
Gee, Ernest R., 1878-1956 > Ownership
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 > Ms. notes
Gladstone, Robertson, 1805-1875 > Ownership

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public

Identifiers

Catalog Record
99173833583408651
Object ID (OID)
33245688

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