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A shot from Buckingham to Bedford : Thurday, May 2d, 1822 / I.R.C.

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Robert Cruikshank
1789-1856

A shot from Buckingham to Bedford : Thurday, May 2d, 1822 / I.R.C.

[London] : Pubd May 4th 1822 by G Humphrey 27 St James's St, [1822
etching, hand colored
image: 244 x 349 mm; plate mark: 255 x 359 mm; sheet: 279 x 379 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.488
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows a duel between the Duke of Buckingham and the Duke of Bedford. The former is standing with his feet together and arms lowered; he is looks away from his opponent and says: "He is the last man in existence I would wish to quarrel with; but the life of a public man is not worth preserving, unless it be preserved with honour." At his feet are papers: "Borough Proprietor, Corrupt Trafic [sic] &cc Bargain with Ministers," and "So much for Buckingham. Bedford shoots his pistol into the air, his knees bent and his hat knocked from his head; he is saying: "Upon me honour I meant no personal offence to the Duke in the words I have used; nor did I mean to impute to him personally, any bad or corrupt motive whatever." At his feet are papers reading: "County of Bedford Mee[tin]g," "Reform," and "Agricultural Distress." In the background stand the seconds Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and Lord Lynedoch.

Associated names
Humphrey, G., fl. ca. 1820, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department