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After A Grant (active 1781)
Brothers of the Whip 27 - 27 Nov 1781
Hand-coloured etching | 22.6 x 28.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810011
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A hand-coloured print of a group of four men. On the left stands a coachman holding a tankard and wearing a tricorn hat. Alongside him stands a postilion holding a whip in his right hand. In the middle stands a man wearing a red striped jacket and on the right, standing in left side profile, is a man wearing a green jacket and taking snuff from a tin. In the background is a coach house and a coach and horses with another postilion. Inscribed in the plate: A. Grant Delt / Pub: As The Act Directs Nov: 27. 1781 by Humphrey No 18 New Bond Street.
Provenance
Purchased from William Holland by George IV when Prince of Wales, 1790, for 2s (TNA HO/73/20/1, f.21)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Measurements
22.6 x 28.3 cm (sheet of paper)
21.0 x 24.7 cm (platemark)