'A picture by Hogarth, showing a performance of Dryden's play 'The Indian Emperor; or, the Conquest of Mexico' which took place in spring 1732 in the house of John Conduitt, before the Duke of Cumberland, who stands on the left with the Princesses Mary and Louisa beside him; the Duke of Richmond is shown in the left foreground, leaning over his wife's chair, while Lady Deloraine, sitting beside her, bends forward towards her daughters; the Earl of Pomfret, Duke of Montague and Tom Hill stand on the far left; the performers are Lord Sempster as Cortez, Lady Caroline Lenox as Cydaria, Lady Sophia Fermor as Almeria, and Miss Catherine Conduitt, afterwards Lady Symington, as Alibech; Dr. Desaguiliers is shown consulting a book at the back of the stage.'--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Conquest of Mexico
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Not in Nichols's book., and On page 220 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1792, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 and Conduitt, John, 1688-1737,
'A picture by Hogarth, showing a performance of Dryden's play 'The Indian Emperor; or, the Conquest of Mexico' which took place in spring 1732 in the house of John Conduitt, before the Duke of Cumberland, who stands on the left with the Princesses Mary and Louisa beside him; the Duke of Richmond is shown in the left foreground, leaning over his wife's chair, while Lady Deloraine, sitting beside her, bends forward towards her daughters; the Earl of Pomfret, Duke of Montague and Tom Hill stand on the far left; the performers are Lord Sempster as Cortez, Lady Caroline Lenox as Cydaria, Lady Sophia Fermor as Almeria, and Miss Catherine Conduitt, afterwards Lady Symington, as Alibech; Dr. Desaguiliers is shown consulting a book at the back of the stage.'--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Conquest of Mexico
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 49 x 61 cm., Separate sheet (7.6 x 19 cm) with Horace Walpole's manuscript notes mounted below print., and No. 18 in the Catalogue of Framed Pictures in the Lewis Walpole Library.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1792, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765 and Conduitt, John, 1688-1737,
