In an outdoor setting, Charles Fox, with his hands clasped as in prayer, pronounces his adoration for a demure looking Mrs. Robinson, who stands next to him while an amused Prince of Wales watches them from behind a tree
Alternative Title:
Paradise regained
Description:
Title from item. and Signed in image "SB". Attribution to James Gillray from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800.
"Lady Cecilia Johnston (three-quarter length), seated in an armchair in profile to the left, leans forward to kiss the nose of a large goat which puts a hoof on her chest. Identified by Grego as Sir W. W. Wynn, but improbably."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
St. Cecilia charming the brute and Seduction of the Welch ambassador
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Day of publication in imprint seems to have been burnished from plate., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.1 x 35.3 cm, on sheet 28.0 x 38.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 32 of volume 8 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. th [sic], 1792, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817 and Williams-Wynn, Watkin, 1772-1840
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Goats, Kissing, National emblems, and Welsh
"Lady Cecilia Johnston (three-quarter length), seated in an armchair in profile to the left, leans forward to kiss the nose of a large goat which puts a hoof on her chest. Identified by Grego as Sir W. W. Wynn, but improbably."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
St. Cecilia charming the brute and Seduction of the Welch ambassador
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Day of publication in imprint seems to have been burnished from plate., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. th [sic], 1792, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817 and Williams-Wynn, Watkin, 1772-1840
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Goats, Kissing, National emblems, and Welsh
