A York address to the whale caught lately off Gravesend

A York address to the whale caught lately off Gravesend

Item Information

Title:
A York address to the whale caught lately off Gravesend
Description:
The Duke of York, in his regimentals, has gone down on his knees to the latest wonder of the hour, and is beseeching the popular arrival to divert the minds of an excitement-loving public from his own particular case.
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Date:
April 5, 1809
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 5
Subjects:
Princes
Generals
Nobility
Whales
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 26 x 39 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/t148gd55w
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
No. 111 Cheapside : Tho's Tegg
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Grego, II, p. 115, 157
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
Notes (object):
Bound in "The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 5," the fifth volume in a set of five published under this title by Thomas Tegg. The five volumes contained 251 prints in all.
Identifier:
18_03_000562
Barcode:
36666003260946