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Robert Seymour
1798-1836
Cumberland as the heart piercer
wood engraving
84 x 58 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2146
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[London] : [William Strange], [ca. 1834]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Probably detached from one of four issues of Whiggeries and waggeries, London : William Strange, 1834. This publication reprinted wood engravings by Robert Seymour, Robert Cruikshank, and others which had previously appeared-- with different captions-- in Figaro in London, also published by Strange. The identical image appeared in Figaro in London, no. 11, 1832, with the title To the Duke of Cumberland.
Summary:
He is an elderly Cupid, his quiver inscribed 'Envenomed'. Holding up his bow he plunges a knife into a heart inscribed "Graves" which stands on the altar of "Lust".
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