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Liberty and Fame introducing female patriotism to Britania [sic]
Title
Liberty and Fame introducing female patriotism to Britania [sic] [graphic].
Publication
[London?] : [publisher not identified], [25 May 1784]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 18.2 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 20 x 25 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: British Lion -- Personifications -- Cap of Liberty -- Staff of Liberty -- Musical instruments -- Laurel wreaths -- Ships.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Printmaker and date of publication from Grego.
Two lines of quoted text below title: "She smiles - infused with a fortitude from Heaven"! Vide Shakespears Tempest.
Frontispiece to: Hartley, J. History of the Westminster election. London : Printed for the editors, and sold by J. Debrett ..., 1785.
Provenance
From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Summary
"Design in an oval. Used as a frontispiece to second edition (1785) of 'The Westminster Election' and probably designed for it. Britannia seated on a throne (right) raised on three steps holds out a laurel wreath towards the Duchess of Devonshire who is led towards her by the draped figures of Liberty (left) holding the staff and cap of Liberty, and Fame (right) with her trumpet. The British lion lies at Britannia's feet (right) looking over its shoulder at the Duchess."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Liberty and Fame introducing female patriotism to Britannia
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 22, 2006
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6, no. 6599
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 141-142
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Allegorical prints.
Frontispieces.
Book illustrations.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1784.
Etchings - England - London - 1784.
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