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James Gillray
1756-1815
Le cochon et ses deux petits, or, Rich pickings for a noble appetite : vide. Strand Lane, Temple Barr, &c &c &c.
[London] : Pubd May 1792 by H Humphrey, No 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.385
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[London] : Pubd. May 1792 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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By James Gillray.
At head of image: The Royal Sovereign, was formerly to be seen by all admirers of Natural Curiosities at Sixpence pr Head, & is reported to weigh near Forty-Stone -- Nell H--t--n, weighs rather under Thirty Stone; & in the absence of the Great Man, his place is agreeably filled by T------ W-----d, the celebrated collector on the Highway.
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Print shows two fat courtesans sitting side by side on a settee with the Duke of Norfolk, a wine-glass in his left hand. In his right he holds the hand of one of the women at whom he gazes with a smile. At the Duke's feet lies his baton as hereditary Earl Marshal.
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