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The goats canter to Windsor, or, The cuckold's comfort
Title
The goats canter to Windsor, or, The cuckold's comfort [graphic].
Published
[London] : Pub March 14, 1784 by J. Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Street, [14 March 1784]
Physical Description
1 print : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 26 x 35 cm.
Notes
Title from item.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Exhibited: "Two Extrodinary Women: The Art and Poetry of Maria Hadfield Cosway and Mary Darby Robinson," at The Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, VA, January - May 2016.
Summary
The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Mrs. Robinson (Perdita), drives a high gig drawn by goats with Charles Fox, pictured with a fox's head, riding as postillion. The gig is accompanied by three riders, also on goats. The first of them is Thomas Robinson, Perdita's husband, shown with horns and seated backwards. He is followed by Lord North and Colonel Tarleton.
Variant and related titles
Cuckold's comfort
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 17, 2005
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6, no. 6451
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1784.
Etchings - England - London - 1784.
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