A certain personage in the character of a fool as he perform'd it at Whitchurch & elsewhere [graphic].

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Title: A certain personage in the character of a fool as he perform'd it at Whitchurch & elsewhere [graphic].
Published / Created: [1770]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Satire on the the criminal conversation between the Duke of Cumberland and Lady Grosvenor with Cumberland wearing a fool's cap; a servant spills a glass of wine on the Duke. The scene takes place in a bedchamber with a curtain around the bed, with a table set with a meal including wine bottles, wine glasses, and roasted fowl. On the wall hangs a large mirror
Description: Title etched below image.
Date of publication from that of the periodical for which the plate was engraved.
Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 5 (1770), p. 75.
Text above image: For the Oxford mag.
Mounted to 33 x 46 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 10.8 x 16 cm, on sheet 12 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1770
Etchings England London 1770
Periodical illustrations England 1770
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790
Grosvenor, Henrietta Grosvenor, Countess, -1828
Subject (Topic): Adultery
Interiors
Fools' caps
Fools & jesters
Table settings & decorations
Bottles
Drinking vessels
Wine
Intoxication
Poultry
Chairs
Subjects: Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790 > Caricatures and cartoons
Grosvenor, Henrietta Grosvenor, Countess, -1828 > Caricatures and cartoons
Adultery
Interiors
Fools' caps
Fools & jesters
Table settings & decorations
Bottles
Drinking vessels
Wine
Intoxication
Poultry
Chairs
England > 1770
England > London > 1770

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