The saint! [graphic].

Description

Title: The saint! [graphic].
Creator: Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher.
Published / Created: Decr. 9, 1820.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Abstract: "The Princess of Wales, on a chair-like saddle, sits sideways on a braying ass. She is amorously supported by Bergami, who stands behind her, raising a whip. Her head rests against his, and she ogles him, taking his chin. Behind is the door of a house flanked by pillars. Below the title: 'One of the Points wherein Protestants and Roman Catholicks differ, is that the latter invoke--supplicate, Saints; whereas the former hold it sufficient to honor them, and propose their good example for our imitation. Chamber's Dictionary.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
1 print : etching with roulette ; plate mark 26.1 x 21.3 cm, on sheet 26.5 x 21.7 cm.
Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted on leaf 29 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figures of "Bergami" and "Caroline" identified in ink below image; date "9 Dec. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of four lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
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." William Reese Company; February 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25.5 x 20 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English