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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Madame Blubber's Last Shift, or the ærostatic Dilly. 29 - 29 Apr 1784
Hand-coloured etching | 39.1 x 27.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810076
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A hand-coloured print depicting a scene in Covent Garden with the Duchess of Buckinghamshire floating up into the sky after a 'little accident' has inflated her skirts. Suspended beneath her are two voters. On the ground, Sir Cecil Wray, who is on bended knee and Admiral Hood, both look up and comment in support of the Duchess. On the left stands a crowd listening to an orator during the hustings for the Westminster Election at Covent Garden. Inscribed in the plate: Pubd April 29th 1784 by H Humphreys Bond Street
Provenance
Purchased by George IV when Prine of Wales from William Holland, 1790, for 2s (National Archives, HO73/20/1, f. 29)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Measurements
39.1 x 27.1 cm (sheet of paper)
35.0 x 24.6 cm (platemark)
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BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. – BM Satires 6561Bibliographic reference(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. BM Satires 6561
