Royal benevolence [art original].

Description

Title: Royal benevolence [art original].
Contributor: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, attributed name.
Published / Created: [approximately 1800?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A rotund gentleman holds out a long scroll of paper which stretches from above his head to near the floor. A conversely skinny gentleman sits at a table with a look of shock holding out both hands in alarm, saying [the text in ink]: ‘What the Devil do you call that, a Pedigree of your family? [three indecipherable words crossed through]’. At the top of page is written in ink: ‘No Sir it is only’. On the wall behind the seated man is a painting of a person kneeling before a monarch, which is labeled ‘Royal Benevolence’.
Description: Title from text within image.
An unsigned pencil sketch for a seemingly unpublished caricature, attributed to James Gillray in both an inscription on the mount and on a label affixed to the verso of the mount. The image is in Gillray's style and the ink inscriptions in a hand similar to his, raising the possibility that this is a sketch by an amateur that was sent to Gillray as a suggestion for a print.
Approximate date supplied by cataloger.
Provenance: Purchased by The Lewis Walpole Library from Jarndyce, February 2025.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 19.7 x 14 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English