[Peter's pension] [graphic].

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Title: [Peter's pension] [graphic].
Alternative Title: Ah! let me Sire refuse it, I implore, ought not to be rich whilst you are poor
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Wolcot, John,--1738-1819--Caricatures and cartoons.
Published / Created: [n.d.]
Copyright Date: [1788]
Publication Place: [London]
Abstract: "The King (right), standing in profile to the left, holds out to Peter a rolled document inscribed 'Pension'. Peter, a thin elderly man, turns away, holding out both hands to ward off the gift. From his pocket projects a paper inscribed 'Odes'. Both wear bag-wigs, and old-fashioned dress with flapped waistcoats; the King wears a sword."-- British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Peter's pension. London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1788]
Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue
Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title from text below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; sheet 17.5 x 23.9 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Book illustrations--England--1788.
Etchings--England--London--1788.
Frontispieces.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1788.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Wolcot, John,--1738-1819--Caricatures and cartoons.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7399
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 206