The Devonshire amusement [graphic]

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Title: The Devonshire amusement [graphic]
Published / Created: [5 May 1784]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. May 5th, 1784, by McPhail, No. 68 Holborn
Description: Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1st issue of British Museum catalogue no. 6625.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster, 1784 -- 'Secret Influence' -- Allusion to Sir Cecil Wray -- Taxes: Allusion to proposed tax on maidservants -- Staff of Liberty -- Pictures amplifying subject: Duchess of Devonshire canvassing butchers -- Pictures amplifying subject: Prince of Wales -- Pictures amplifying subjects: Duke of Devonshire cuckolded -- Birds -- Hats -- Nurseries -- Cuckolds -- Teapots -- Dolls -- Ducal coronets -- Infants - -Cradles -- Diapers.
Watermark center left side of sheet: fleur-de-lis with countermark (W T) center right side of sheet.
Provenance: Maggs; August 1964;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 31 x 41 cm
Edition: [1st state].
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806
Carlisle, Georgiana Howard, Countess of, 1783-1858
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subjects: Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1748-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Carlisle, Georgiana Howard, Countess of, 1783-1858 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1784
England > London > 1784

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