"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.
Alternative Title:
Ah! let me Sire refuse it, I implore, ought not to be rich whilst you are poor
Description:
Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Peter's pension. London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1788], Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue, and Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title from text below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Wolcot, John,--1738-1819--Caricatures and cartoons.
"Five ugly and elderly members of the Royal Society are seated in arm-chairs at a rectangular dinner-table. A footman (right) is about to place on the table a dish containing an alligator ..."--British Museum catalogue.
Description:
Date of publication based on that of the volume in which the print appears., Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Peter's prophecy, or, The president and poet ... London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1788], and Title from British Museum catalogue.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Banks, Joseph,--1743-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.