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George Moutard Woodward
An aristocrat / G.M. Woodward Delin.
etching, hand colored
image: 268 x 196 mm; sheet: 309 x 222 mm
Peel 3402
Published:
London : Pub Sepr. 2 1791 By SW. Fores N3 Piccadilly, [1791]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Title from item.
Not in BM Satires.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Summary:
Social satire; a well-dressed, haughty gentleman, with a tricorn hat under his arm, carrying a book entitled "Burke on the French Revolution", a newspaper labelled "Capture of the French King" in his pocket; on the floor is the insignia of the order of the garter, around which is written "Sacred to the National Assembly." Cf. The British Museum online catalog.
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