[Illustration to one of Peter Pindar's odes] [graphic].

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Title: [Illustration to one of Peter Pindar's odes] [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created: [1787?]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "George III rides Pegasus, and is about to be thrown; both arms are raised in consternation. Another man (? Wolcot) falls head downwards from the horse; his wig has fallen off and he has dropped a roll of MS. Behind the plunging heels of the animal Harlequin (right) flourishes his club."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier proof state
Description: Title, printmaker, and date from description of proof state in the British Museum catalogue.
For a proof state before "Ode for new year" lettering added to the roll of paper within image, see no. 7188 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Ode upon ode, or, Peep at St. James's ... London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1787]
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges.
Temporary local subject terms: Literary quotation -- Personification -- Mythology -- Pindar's Ode for a new year.
Provenance: Suckling.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 18.2 x 25.8 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Frontispieces
Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1787
Etchings England London 1787
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
Subject (Topic): Harlequin (Fictitious character)
Pegasus (Greek mythology)
Falling
Wigs
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819 > Caricatures and cartoons
Harlequin (Fictitious character)
Pegasus (Greek mythology)
Falling
Wigs
England > 1787
England > London > 1787

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