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Gynomachia : [frontispiece].
Published
[London] : [Printed at the Logographic Press, and sold by J. Walter ..., C. Stalker ..., and W. Richardson ], [1789]
etching
image: 221 x 170 mm; sheet: 251 x 185 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 3196
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Etching issued as a frontispiece to a satirical poem by "Oneirophilos" entitled: Gynomachia; or, a contest between two old ladies, in the service of a celebrated orator. London : Printed at the Logographic Press, and sold by J. Walter, No. 169, opposite Old Bond-Street, Piccadilly; C. Stalker, Stationer's-Court, Ludgate-Street; and W. Richardson, under the Royal-Exchange, 1789.
Four lines of verse below image: To One Master, my Lord we two Women belong, / Whom I strive to lead right, and she strives to lead wrong, / Edmund Burke's Moral Conscience, my Lord is my Name, / His Political Conscience, is she to her shame.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Etching issued as a frontispiece to a satirical poem by "Oneirophilos" entitled: Gynomachia; or, a contest between two old ladies, in the service of a celebrated orator. London : Printed at the Logographic Press, and sold by J. Walter, No. 169, opposite Old Bond-Street, Piccadilly; C. Stalker, Stationer's-Court, Ludgate-Street; and W. Richardson, under the Royal-Exchange, 1789.
Four lines of verse below image: To One Master, my Lord we two Women belong, / Whom I strive to lead right, and she strives to lead wrong, / Edmund Burke's Moral Conscience, my Lord is my Name, / His Political Conscience, is she to her shame.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Two bare-legged old women stand disputing before Minos, seated and holding a sceptre. Both have the head of Burke; one (left) wears quasi-classical draperies in which documents are thrust, one inscribed 'Sublime & Beautiful', and is addressing the other, who stands defiantly, hands on hips. The latter (right) is dressed like an Irish peasant, in her petticoats are numerous documents, one inscribed 'Prest Disconte[nts]'.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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