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William Dent
active 1783-1793
The Wise Man of the East making his offering
etching, hand colored
image: 146 x 99 mm; plate mark: 150 x 100 mm; sheet: 154 x 106 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 1604
Published:
London : Pubd for the proprietor, by W. Moore, No. 48 New Bond Street, Feby 28th 1788.
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Attributed to Dent by BM Satires.
Summary:
Print shows Hastings (left), in oriental dress, wearing a jewelled turban, kneeling on one knee before George III and holding out to him a box of jewels and a receptacle brimming over with guineas. The King, partly concealed by the right margin of the design, takes the offerings, saying, "Rise my Chief, bright as the eastern Star."
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