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Thomas Rowlandson
1756-1827
The times, or, A view of the old house in Little Brittain : with nobody going to Hannover.
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image: 209 x 327 mm; plate mark: 245 x 350 mm; sheet: 264 x 370 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2472
Published:
[London] : Pubd. Ian. 23, 1784 by W. Humphrey No. 227 Strand, [1784]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary:
On the right, an old inn is depicted with a broken sign, "Magna Charta." It sags under the weight of the Coalition revelers making merry on the balcony, and heavy "tax" slates on the roof. Its locked entrance is guarded by a fox sitting on a stone labeled, "Protector," and Lord North perched on a turnstile. On the left, a coach with the sleeping King inside, drives away, oblivious to the entreaties of his people.
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