Midnight correspondence, or, Expanded sentiments of Liddy Cunning-game [graphic].

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Title: Midnight correspondence, or, Expanded sentiments of Liddy Cunning-game [graphic].
Alternative Title: Expanded sentiments of Liddy Cunning-game
Published / Created: [November 1820?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Lady Conyngham sits at a table in front of a fireplace, quill pen in hand, writing a letter by candlelight; her large figure is exaggerated and her legs are spread far apart, causing her nightgown to billow. A clock sits on the mantle in front of her. In the background on the right, a bed in which Lord Conyngham sleeps can be seen beyond a curtain; a cloud of dreams rises from his head, filled with a crown and the word "Sinecures." A cat sleeps on a stool beside the bed
Description: Title etched below image.
Date from manuscript annotation in lower right corner of sheet.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted on leaf 24 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figure of "Lady Conyngham" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" added in lower right corner, preceded by the word "Suppressed" written in pencil.
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 : plate mark 24.6 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 25.1 x 20 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English