Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Three lines of caption below design: Pat- An't please your Ladyships honor--I understand you're a very humane good Lady and Govenor to the hospital--and I am very bad indeed Ma'am ..., Plate numbered '281' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 15, 1802 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title on item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Apparently meaningless words in design become decipherable when reader shifts spaces between letters: 'Bene athth isst onel' becomes 'Beneath this first one'., Similar prints contain intact imprint line: Published July 26th, 1802 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Katharine Gray -- Reference to Earthenware Shops -- Reference to Medical Issue -- Reference to Country Church-Yard -- Epitaphs -- Puzzle -- Chippendale Frame with Cartouche -- Tombstones., and Watermark: Strasburg Lily.
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
