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The - nursery or nine months after -
hand colored etching
image: 252 mm, circular; sheet: 274 x 353 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1572
Published:
[London] : Published 9th May 1786 by S. W. Fores at the Caracature Ware-house N° 3 Piccadilly, [1786].
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
A companion print to "An extravaganza or young Solomon besieging Fitzhubbub" (George number 6949).
Sheet closely trimmed within plate mark, with some loss to image.
Summary:
Print shows the Prince of Wales (left) and Mrs. Fitzherbert (right) sitting side by side on two upright chairs; she holds on her knee an infant in long clothes, which the Prince gazes upon paternally. Behind her (right) is a cradle decorated with ostrich feathers. Cf. British Museum catalog.
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