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D., A
Squire Minikin / D.A. late 46 Regt.
[London] : Pubd June 26 1787 by S W Fores N° 3 Piccadilly', [1787].
etching, hand colored
image: 211 x 167 mm; plate mark: 243 x 176 mm; sheet: 258 x 195 mm
Peel 2269
Notes
Caption title.
Below caption title: High Stations Tumult but not Bliss create / None think the Great unhappy but the Great.
Below caption title: High Stations Tumult but not Bliss create / None think the Great unhappy but the Great.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows a headless man with only one leg standing with his instep supported on the point of a cone which rests on a rectangular pedestal inscribed "High Stations are painful". A peg supplies the place of a head. His hands are behind his back under his coat-tails, through which projects the riding-whip which he is holding. He wears a spurred top-boot.
Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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