Vice and profligacy extinguished by equity [graphic]

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Title: Vice and profligacy extinguished by equity [graphic]
Alternative Title: Vice and proeligacy extinguished by equity
Contributor: Jones, Thomas Howell, active 1823-1848, attributed name.
Humphrey, G., active approximately 1820, publisher.
Published / Created: [February 1827]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Feby. 1827 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Abstract: "Eldon, in wig and gown, seated in an armchair, on which are the Royal Arms, leans forward to place a paper folded to form an extinguisher and inscribed Judgment over a tiny man who leans back, terrified. Eldon gazes sternly down at the mannikin, Wellesley-Pole, who holds out a large paper: Purity of my Morals--Constancy Shewn to my Wife. On the floor (left) is another paper: Grounds on which I claim the Education of Childr[en]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Print signed using the letter "Q" within an open pentagon. Questionablly attributed to T.H. Jones in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mattet to: 44.5 x 30.9 cm.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; June 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 34 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English