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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Filial Piety! 25 - 25 Nov 1788
Hand-coloured etching | 25.6 x 37.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810287
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A hand-coloured print of a bedroom scene in which an ill George III is disturbed by his son, the Prince of Wales and his friends; George Hanger (later Equerry to the Prince) and Richard Brinsley Sheridan (a playwright). The Prince and his cronies are drunk and have disturbed a bishop in the act of giving the King Communion. A picture on the wall compares the Prince to the Prodigal Son of the Bible. Inscribed in the plate: Pubd Novr 25 1788 by S.W. Fores No.3 Piccadilly
Provenance
Probably one of the prints acquired by Queen Victoria from the descendants of Samuel Fores in 1854
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Subject(s)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Measurements
25.6 x 37.5 cm (sheet of paper)
25.0 x 35.0 cm (platemark)
Other number(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 7378Bibliographic 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 7378
Place of Production
Greater London [England]
