THOMAS ROWLANDSON (1757-1827)
A York address to the whale. Caught lately off Gravesend.
5 Apr 1809RCIN 810766
A whale which had washed up on the beach at Gravesend was brought by boat to London on 30 March, where it became a popular, if malodorous, tourist attraction. Rowlandson imagines the Duke of York on his knees, pleading with the whale to distract the public from his own actions.
Cat. 80
Bibliographic reference(s)
BM Satires 11301 (BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12.)