Title from item., Number 240 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Plate numbered '271' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
Publisher 12 April, 1802 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Title devised by cataloger., Two lines of verse below main design: O'er her paps his wings he spread, and nestled in his little head ... Vide Love disarmed, Vol. II Page 2d., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"The Prince stands in back view, his head turned to the left. His heels are together. His powdered hair or wig has a cockatoo-like crest, worn with a very small queue, round which his coat is thickly frosted with powder, cf. BMSat 8190. His neck, as indicated by his coat-collar, is grotesquely thick, his coat has the bulky sleeves associated with Jean de Bry, see BMSat 9425, with pointed coat-tails. Under his left arm is a cocked hat. The word 'Honi . . .' appears on his garter."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Prince of Wales from behind
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 10th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
"The Prince stands in back view, his head turned to the left. His heels are together. His powdered hair or wig has a cockatoo-like crest, worn with a very small queue, round which his coat is thickly frosted with powder, cf. BMSat 8190. His neck, as indicated by his coat-collar, is grotesquely thick, his coat has the bulky sleeves associated with Jean de Bry, see BMSat 9425, with pointed coat-tails. Under his left arm is a cocked hat. The word 'Honi . . .' appears on his garter."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Prince of Wales from behind
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state, with the shoes altered to look more modern. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 802.03.10.01., and Mounted on leaf 70 of volume 10 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 10th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: J.B.W. Esqr. delin. ; T. Rowlandson etchd., Publication information based on lettered state with the imprint "Pubd. May 10th, 1802, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James Street, Adelphi." Cf. Impression of the lettered state in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, Achenbach Foundation., Proof state of a plate from: McCringer, J. A Compendious Treatise of Modern Education. London : Smeeton, 1802., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Annotated in pencil below image with the title, statements of responsibility, and border design as found on the finished plate; these annotations are perhaps in Rowlandson's hand., and Mounted on leaf 30 of volume 14 of 14 volumes.
