Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of Miss Charlotte Vaughan and General Sir William Howe. Miss Vaughan was alleged to be the General's mistress
Alternative Title:
Miss Vaughan and American hero
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication from Plomer's Dictionary of printers and booksellers, p. 404; T. (Thomas) Walker, publisher of the Hibernian Magazine, was located at Dame Street, Dublin from 1770-1786., and Probably from the Hibernian magazine (1775), p. 515. A copy of no. 5308 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5; originally published in Town and country magazine.
Publisher:
Published ... by T. Walker, Dame Street
Subject (Name):
Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814, and Vaughan, Charlotte,
Fortune, blindfolded and with one foot on her wheel, is guided by Wisdom who wears a plumed helmet and carries a spear. They stand on a cloud while a putto walks between them showering banknotes on the Hibernian Magazine's readers, who celebrate on the right side of the foreground, while snakes and demonic figures are kept at bay to the left
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication from Plomer's Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, p. 404; T. (Thomas) Walker, publisher of the Hibernian Magazine, was located at Dame Street, Dublin from 1770-1786., and At top of image: "Frontispiece" (probably from the Hibernian Magazine ca. 1775).
