Title
Brunswick triumphant!, or, The battle of the blood's, pure & contaminated [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Pubd. May 23d, 1789, by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields, [23 May 1789]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 26 x 36 cm
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Duels: Duke of York and Lt.-Col. Lennox, May 26, 1789 -- Duke of Richmond's fortifications -- Allusion to Charles II -- Flags -- Union Jack -- French flag -- Boxing.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Four lines of verse below image, following title: Oft have I seen a hot o'erweening cur, run back & bark because he was with-held, who being suffer'd in the bears fell paw, hath clap'd his tail between his legs & cry'd.
"Price 1 sh."
Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Provenance
From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. 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
"A pugilistic encounter between the Duke of York (left) and Lt.-Col. Charles Lennox (right), both stripped to the waist. The Duke stands with both fists clenched, saying, "Come on my Lad! don't fall without a Blow! I'll tickle your Mazzard, if you dare to stand up like a Man!" Lennox, on one knee, clutches the arm of his second, the Duke of Richmond, saying, "O save me Nunkle! - O Lord! - O Lord! - O Lord! Your H--h--ss is above my Match! - O Lord - I'm not fit to fight any body above your Footman". Richmond puts out a hand to restrain his nephew, saying with an expression of alarm, "For heavens sake, forbear! we are nothing but a brood of Bastards! Bastards begot - Bastards instructed - Bastards in Mind - Bastards in Valour - in every thing illegitimate - we are neither of Blood, or of Honor, to cope with your Hi-h--ss!!" The Prince of Wales, on the extreme left, is his brother's second; he says, with a contemptuous expression, "Fredrick! cant you tip his bottle holder a sly plump in the Bread-basket?" Behind him is a Union flag; behind Richmond are fortifications flying a French flag, symbolizing his French descent and title ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Battle of the bloods, pure & contaminated
Battle of the bloods, pure and contaminated
Added to Catalog
October 31, 2006
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6, no. 7531
Genre/Form
Dueling.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1789.
Etchings - England - London - 1789.
Watermarks (Paper) - S. Lay.