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The courier
Title
The courier [graphic].
Edition
[State 2].
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1765]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 22.5 x 36.2 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title etched at top of image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Second state, as described in the British Museum catalogue, with the large cushion substituted for the public house behind the duke; It intended to express that Lords Bute and Mansfield though not in the cabinet, overshadowed the King.
A satire intended to express that Lords Bute and Mansfield though not in the cabinet, overshadowed the King.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Edwin Thomas Truman, and sold to Bowditch in 1906.
Summary
A courier on horseback blows his horn as he approaches a small building with a sign board dangling from its post "Popularity, The Blown Bladder by W P". A bandaged foot (gouty) resting on a stool is sticking out the door; crutches resting against the side of the hovel. Behind the rider is a cushion with a royal crown, decorates with thistles labeled B-e (for Lord Bute) and M-d (for the Earl of Mansfield). Three young trees on the lower right represent the three British kingdoms. A quotation from Book II of Virgil's Aeneid in lower right corner of image.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 07, 2008
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, no. 4121
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1765.
Etchings - England - London - 1765.
Watermarks (Paper) - J Whatman.
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