Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
One of many satires on the morganatic marriage of George IV and Mrs. Fitzherbert. on the left Mrs. Fitzherbert as Dido sits on a funeral pyre made up of phallic-shaped logs and watches the Prince of Wales sail away in a small boat whose flag is inscri...
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Pubd. May 21st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly, London
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Virgil., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
One of many satires on the morganatic marriage of George IV and Mrs. Fitzherbert. on the left Mrs. Fitzherbert as Dido sits on a funeral pyre made up of phallic-shaped logs and watches the Prince of Wales sail away in a small boat whose flag is inscri...
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Pubd. May 21st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly, London
Subject (Name):
Virgil., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
"A crowded scene, the amateurs of the Pic Nic Society are dressing and rehearsing. The design may derive from Hogarth's 'Actresses dressing in a Barn' (BMSat 2403), Gillray stressing the contrast between his luxurious mise-en-scène and the squalor of...
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Peep at the green room
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Pubd. Feby. 18th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
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Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Cecil, Mary Amelia, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1750-1835, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, Mount Edgcumbe, Richard Edgcumbe, Earl of, 1764-1839, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823, Abercorn, John James Hamilton, Marquess of, 1756-1818, Skeffington, Lumley St. George, Sir, 1771-1850, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810, and Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
A reduced copy probably from a book and resembling the folding plates to the 'Hibernian Magazine'. The groups are arranged from left to right as in British Museum satire no. 7301, but each figure is reversed and the groups are in two rows, one above t...
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Picture of the times
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Great Britain.
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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Pigot, Hugh, 1721?-1792, Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829, Smith Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Greville, Charles, 1762-1832, Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818, and Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801
Published by William Holland, Printseller, at Garrick's Richard, No. 50 Oxford Street, near Berner's Street ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Pigot, Hugh, 1721?-1792, Farren, Elizabeth, 1762-1829, Smith Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Greville, Charles, 1762-1832, and Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818
"A cavalcade of ladies and gentlemen on horseback riding close together, the legs of the horses being cut off by the lower margin of the print. Beneath the title is etched: 'The World - and all the great "which it inherit" - was there - Equestrian mo...
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Both hemispheres of the world in a sweat
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Pubd. June 1st, 1789, by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Topham, Edward, 1751-1820, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810
"A cavalcade of ladies and gentlemen on horseback riding close together, the legs of the horses being cut off by the lower margin of the print. Beneath the title is etched: 'The World - and all the great "which it inherit" - was there - Equestrian mo...
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Both hemispheres of the world in a sweat
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1st, 1789, by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Topham, Edward, 1751-1820, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810
"John Bull's head and shoulders emerge from a gigantic coffee-mill. He is being ground by Pitt into guineas which pour from the spout of the machine into the inverted coronet of the Prince of Wales, held out by the Prince (left). John Bull, his hands ...
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Pubd. June 1st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
"John Bull's head and shoulders emerge from a gigantic coffee-mill. He is being ground by Pitt into guineas which pour from the spout of the machine into the inverted coronet of the Prince of Wales, held out by the Prince (left). John Bull, his hands ...
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Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
