Hibernicus
The free Regency / Hibernicus fecit.
Published
[London?] : [publisher not identified], [1789?]
etching and stipple
plate mark: 262 x 361 mm; sheet: 271 x 374 mm
Peel 3368
Notes
Title etched below image.
A reverse copy of BM Satires no. 7487 (London : Thomas Bradshaw, January 1789), executed in etching and stipple rather than etching, rocker, and aquatint.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
A reverse copy of BM Satires no. 7487 (London : Thomas Bradshaw, January 1789), executed in etching and stipple rather than etching, rocker, and aquatint.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
The Prince of Wales sits on a throne at left, in profile to the right, extending a graciously admonitory hand towards a Frenchman and a Spaniard who kneel abjectly at his feet. On the extreme left stand Fox and Burke. The head of a third man between them may be intended for Sheridan. On the Prince's left hand stand (?) Portland, Loughborough, and a third person, impossible to identify. On the extreme right three persons hurry from the audience-chamber: Pitt, looking over his shoulder, walks between the Queen and (?) Richmond. In an alcove is a statue of Justice, blindfolded, her scales evenly balanced.
Associated names
Aitken, James, active 1788-1802, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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