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Who Kills Fi[r]st for a Crown 29 - 29 May 1790
Etching with hand colouring | 36.7 x 51.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810385
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A hand-coloured print comprising two parts: In the upper half, George III represented by the Royal Stag is hotly pursued by a pack of dogs with, amongst others, the faces of Richard Sheridan, Charles James Fox and Edmund Burke. The Master of the Hounds is the Prince of Wales, riding on horseback. In the lower half, a similar scene set in France with the Royal French Stag representing Louis XVI pursued by Madame La Comtesse de Buffon, Le Cte de Touche and Le Baronet de Talleyrand who has sunk his teeth into the stag. The hunt master blowing a horn in this case is The Duke of Orleans. A sign in the background points the way to Versailles.
Inscribed in the plate: Pub May 29 1790 by SW Fores N 3 Piccadilly where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures & c in the Kingdom also the head and hand of Count Struenzee. Admittce 1 s / [Legend for the principal characters in the French version] 1 Madm La Ctesse de Buffon / 2 Mad La Ctesse de Blot 3 Le Cte. de Touche. 4 Le Mquis. de Sillery 5 Le Cte de Vauban 6 Le Bn de Talleyrand 7 M de Simon
The price paid by George, Prince of Wales for this print (3 shillings) is inscribed at bottom right.Provenance
Purchased by the Prince of Wales from William Holland in 1790 for 3s (TNA HO73/20/1, fol.9)
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Etching with hand colouring
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36.7 x 51.8 cm (sheet of paper)
33.7 x 48.5 cm (platemark)
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