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1 of 253523 objects
Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Suitable Restrictions. 28 - 28 Jan 1789
Hand-coloured etching | 25.6 x 37.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810321
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A hand-coloured print in which the Prince of Wales, dressed as a child, leans over a game of marbles. He is restrained by Pitt who sought to restrain the Prince's ambitions to be regent during his father's illness. On the left Charles James Fox, Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Edmund Burke (three of the Prince's supporters) are playing marbles with the crown. Inscribed in the plate: Pubd. by S.W. Fores No.3 Piccadilly Jany 28 1789
Provenance
Perhaps one of the prints acquired from the descendants of Samuel Fores in 1854
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Measurements
25.6 x 37.8 cm (sheet of paper)
23.2 x 34.4 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 7497Bibliographic 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 7497
Place of Production
Greater London [England]
