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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
The York Dilly or the Triumph of Innocence. 30 - 30 Mar 1809
Hand-coloured etching | 25.6 x 35.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810764
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A hand-coloured print of a carriage containing the Duke of York. The Duke of York was acquitted of wrongdoing in Parliament by a majority of 82, the number here inscribed on the ‘dilly’. Even here the Duke cannot escape the embarrassment of his love letters: a man addresses him familiarly as ‘my Darling’. Rowlandson’s model is the Triumphs of Petrarch, in which the virtues are shown in carriages. Here, the Duke is reduced to a diligence, or public stage-coach, well beneath his royal status. Inscribed in the plate: Pubd. March 30th 1809 by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Measurements
25.6 x 35.7 cm (sheet of paper)
24.9 x 34.7 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 11274Bibliographic 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 11274
