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1. Plan of Mud Island, off the Kingdom of Corsica [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. October 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.10.00.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A bust of George III in an oval medallion, the profile (left) an obtuse angle, the face blank, giving an impression of complacent imbecility. The background is shaded to simulate a cameo. From behind the medallion two figures look out: 'Averice' (left), a hag with pendent breasts and serpents for hair, leans forward in profile to the left, holding up a money-bag. On the right is Famine, a thin man wearing a shroud; both are shouting
- Description:
- Title from text above image., Place of publication based on subject., Publication date from Thomas Kirgate's manuscript note on Horace Walpole's impression., A date of 1794 is suggested in the British Museum catalogue, but their online catalogue suggests 1795 based on the reference to a famine., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Corsica (France)
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Avarice, and Famines
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Plan of Mud Island, off the Kingdom of Corsica [graphic].
2. Plan of Mud Island, off the Kingdom of Corsica [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. October 1796]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A bust of George III in an oval medallion, the profile (left) an obtuse angle, the face blank, giving an impression of complacent imbecility. The background is shaded to simulate a cameo. From behind the medallion two figures look out: 'Averice' (left), a hag with pendent breasts and serpents for hair, leans forward in profile to the left, holding up a money-bag. On the right is Famine, a thin man wearing a shroud; both are shouting
- Description:
- Title from text above image., Place of publication based on subject., Publication date from Thomas Kirgate's manuscript note on Horace Walpole's impression., A date of 1794 is suggested in the British Museum catalogue, but their online catalogue suggests 1795 based on the reference to a famine., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 158 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 16.1 x 17.9 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., and With manuscript note by Thomas Kirgate below plate line: A vulgar satiric print of George 3d, published in 1796 but inserted here because it happened to be exceedingly like to a piece of flint, found the year before at Brighthelmstone, with a Lusus Naturae resembling the King, and now in this collection.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Corsica (France)
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Avarice, and Famines
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Plan of Mud Island, off the Kingdom of Corsica [graphic].
