George III at table with the queen and seated between Lord and Lady Petre with nine other persons while a tall monk stands on the left saying grace. A crucifix and picture of a saint on the wall mark this as an anti-Catholic satire occasioned by the K...
Alternative Title:
Peep at Lord Peter's
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Title etched below image.
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Sold by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Petre, Robert Edward Petre, Baron, 1742-1801
Subject (Topic):
Anti-Catholicism, Prayer, Monks, Dining tables, and Clothing & dress
"A buxom young woman, wearing a straw bonnet and many trinkets, including a miniature, kneels at a chair in profile to the right. Behind her on a table are a punch-bowl, spirit decanter, glasses, and a long pipe; above it is a framed picture of a man-...
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Title printed in letterpress below plate line.
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Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden and Pubd. 20 Septr., 1801, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
"A plump woman kneels with clasped hands in profile to the left before an upright chair. She addresses 'Enchanting Pharaoh' (Faro), asks for ability to pay a debt of £5,000 to Captain Simper, for the frustration of a design upon her virtue, for protec...
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Title printed in letterpress below image.
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Pub'd. August 1st, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden
"A young jockey in peaked cap and spurred boots, slim and almost girlish, kneels with clasped hands in profile to the left before a plain chair, his riding-whip beside him. On the wall is a picture of two jockeys galloping almost neck and neck. He pra...
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Title printed in letterpress below plate line.
Publisher:
Pub'd. Augst. 10, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden
"A man, fashionably dressed and vulgar, kneels on one knee, praying to a large framed picture of Fortune. She stands blindfolded on her wheel, empties coins and notes from a cornucopia, and holds out a placard: 'Peter Puffs Lucky Lottery Office'. He b...
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Title printed in letterpress below plate line.
Publisher:
Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden and R. Ackermann
A thin man in shabby clothes, kneels in prayer before a candle on a chair, bedcurtains on either side of the chair; his toes through his worn shoes. The window panes in his room are broken
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Title printed in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 10, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
A comely widow kneels in profile to the left, facing an upright chair; in her left hand is a handkerchief; her weeds reach from her head to the ground. Her prayer expresses grief, resignation for the loss of three husbands, and a desire for more with,...
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Title printed in letterpress below plate line.
Publisher:
Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden and Pubd. June 4th, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand