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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Blue and Buff Loyalty. 31 - 31 Dec 1788
Hand-coloured etching | 23.0 x 33.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810303
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A hand-coloured print of a satire on the Whig's hopes for power with the ascension of the Prince of Wales as Regent. The print features the Royal Physician Dr Francis Willis who appear side by side twice. The Doctor is asked how the Prince's health is. On Saturday, when he replies that it is not much improved, a glad Richard Sheridan asides: 'Ha Ha-rare news.' When the Doctor replies that the health of the patient has improved on the Sunday, Sheridan shouts 'Damnation.' A hand-coloured impression of RCIN 810304. Inscribed in the plate: Pub Dec 31 1788 by S Fores N.3 Piccadilly
Provenance
Perhaps one of the prints acquired from the descendants of Samuel Fores in 1854
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Hand-coloured etching
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23.0 x 33.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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