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The fair Quaker of Cheltenham
etching, hand colored
image: 215 x 342 mm; plate mark: 235 x 348; sheet: 254 x 368 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1625
Published:
[London] : Pub. Oct. 2 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadily, [1788]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Four lines of verse inscribed in 2 columns on either side of title: Did you know the lad that courts you, he not long need in vain. Prince of songs of dance of sports. You scarce will meet his like again.
A satire on George III's rumored attachment to Hannah Lightfoot.
Summary:
Print shows George III, plainly dressed and wearing a broad-brimmed hat, standing in profile to the right, addressing a pretty young woman seated on a stile. They are under a large tree on whose trunk is fixed a sign pointing 'To Cheltenham Spa'. A path from the stile leads to the village of Cheltenham in the background. Behind the tree Queen Charlotte watches the conversation. On a hill (left) is a pavilion on wheels. Cf BM Satires.
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