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Lords of the Bedchamber
Title
Lords of the Bedchamber [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Pubd. April 14th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, [14 April 1784]
Manufacture
[London] : [Field & Tuer], [approximately 1868?]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 24.8 x 36 cm, on sheet 59 x 43 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Attribution to Rowlandson from the British Museum catalogue and Grego.
Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 6529 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 128-9.
Provenance
Gift of Addison Van Name to Yale University Library, 1919.
Summary
"The Duchess of Devonshire (right), in morning cap and gown, makes tea for Fox and Sam House who sit side by side on a sofa (left). The duchess leans back in her chair, one hand on the tap of the urn, while she hands a cup to a footman who stands with a tray. Sam (left) has been served first; he sits stirring his tea and gazing adoringly at Fox (right), who playfully pats his bald head. A spaniel stands in front of them, begging. On the wall behind are two freely sketched whole length portraits: behind the duchess is Reynolds's portrait of her husband standing by his horse (as in British Museum Satires No. 6546), the other is over the heads of House and Fox."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2020
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1784.
Etchings - England - London - 1868.
Restrikes.
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