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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
For the Benefit of the Champion. 20 - 20 May 1784
Hand-coloured etching | 26.2 x 37.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810094
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A hand-coloured print of the Duchess of Devonshire on the left with her hand on the shoulder of Charles James Fox who, together with Lord Frederick North, are dressed in women's clothes. Fox and North both hold crutches. The Duchess points to a tombstone whilst the bespectacled Edmund Burke peers through the door at the right. William Humphrey's re-issue of a print originally published by on 6 May by J Hedges (RCIN 810093) Inscribed in the plate: Etch'd by T. Rowlandson. / Pubd and sold by Wm Humphrey
Provenance
Probably acquired during the reign of Queen Victoria
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Measurements
26.2 x 37.3 cm (sheet of paper)
25.1 x 35.2 cm (platemark)
Other number(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. – BM Satires 6591Bibliographic reference(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. BM Satires 6591
Place of Production
Greater London [England]
Featured in
ExhibitionHigh Spirits: The Comic Art of Thomas Rowlandson: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Through the humour of Rowlandson’s drawings and prints, this exhibition examines life at the turn of the 19th century.
