The free Regency

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The free Regency
etching and aquatint with rocker and ink wash
sheet: 236 x 343 mm
Peel 2697
Published: 
[London] : Pubd Jany 1789 by J Bradshaw Coventry Street, [1789]
Provenance: 
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Inscription: 

Inscribed Decbr 27" in ink following imprint at lower left.

Notes: 

Title etched below image.
A companion print to BMSat 7486 ("The restricted regency").
Library's copy trimmed and cropped, with loss of caption title and imprint.

Summary: 

The Prince of Wales, very handsome and regal, sits on a throne (right) in profile to the left, extending a graciously admonitory hand towards the Frenchman and Spaniard of BMSat 7486, who kneel abjectly at his feet. On his left hand, and on the extreme right, stand Fox and Burke. The head of a third man between them may be intended for Sheridan. On the Prince's right hand stand (?) Portland, Loughborough, and a third person, impossible to identify. On the extreme left three persons hurry from the audience-chamber: Pitt, looking over his shoulder, walks between the Queen and (?) Richmond. In an alcove is a statue of Justice, blindfolded, her scales evenly balanced. Cf. British Museum online catalog.

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