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Thomas Rowlandson
The eclipse at an end - and political tilting discovered
[London] : Pub'd. for R. Blofield, No. 2 Craven Court, Craven Street, Strand, as the Act directs, [1789?]
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image: 228 x 333 mm; plate mark: 260 x 352 mm; sheet: 273 x 367 mm
Peel 1612
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Attributed in some sources to Thomas Rowlandson.
Attributed in some sources to Thomas Rowlandson.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows Edward Thurlow and a woman, possibly Queen Charlotte, on a donkey labeled "WP" (William Pitt?) wearing a lion skin, a partially eclipsed sun (George III) above them; on the right two men are seated on a horse wearing the feathers of the Prince of Wales, it has begun to rear, but has a weight attached to its front left leg.
Associated names
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, attributed name.
Blofield, R., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
Blofield, R., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
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