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The cock of the rock
etching, hand colored
image: 92 x 77 mm; plate mark: 134 x 106 mm; sheet: 154 x 121 mm
Peel 2532
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[London] : Published May 24th 1786 by S.W.Fores at the Caracature Warehouse No.3 Piccadilly, [1786]
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Summary:
A half length caricature in outline of General George Augustus Eliott (Baron Heathfield 1787), in profile to the left., his cocked hat concealing his eye. He wears regimentals with the Star of the Bath (given 1782 for his defence of Gibraltar, see BMSat 6035-7). Cf. British Museum online catalog.
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