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William Benbow
The offer of the bribe
Published
[London] : [Published by William Benbow, 269, Strand], [1820]
wood engraving
172 x 92 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2071
Notes
Title from description in George.
Printed below image: [four lines from Joseph Wharton] ; [two lines from Porteus] ; And now much debate arose amongst the / Divan, / What was best to be done with the wife of / the Khan.
Detached from Kouli Khan ; or, The progress of error (London: William Benbow, 1820).
Printed below image: [four lines from Joseph Wharton] ; [two lines from Porteus] ; And now much debate arose amongst the / Divan, / What was best to be done with the wife of / the Khan.
Detached from Kouli Khan ; or, The progress of error (London: William Benbow, 1820).
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Queen Caroline, standing between Matthew Wood and Henry Brougham, angrily rejects the proposed '£50,000' held out to her by Hutchinson.
Associated names
Benbow, William, 1787-1864, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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