Image not available
Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827
Edward the Black Prince receiving homage
etching, hand-colored
image: 216 x 325 mm; plate mark: 241 x 353 mm; sheet: 254 x 369 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1650
Published:
[London] : Pubd. March 10th 1789 as the act directs H. Humphrey, New Bond St., [10 March 1789]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Printmaker from BM Satires.
Engraved text "W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street" following the date "March 10th" crossed out and Humphrey's name supplied in manuscript on right below image.
Summary:
Print shows Thurlow (left), seated in an armchair, receives the homage of a lawyer in a wig and gown who kneels before him. He wears a royal crown on his Chancellor's wig and holds a sceptre. His hands are the paws of a bear, one of which the kneeling man takes. They look suspiciously at each other. Behind Thurlow is a draped curtain. On the wall is a picture inscribed 'Blood', representing Thurlow running off with the crown. Cf. BM Satires.
Catalog link:
Artist page:
Classification:
Department: