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Duke of Cumberland standing on a pedestal
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image: 90 x 60 mm; sheet: 92 x 254 mm
Peel 2632d
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Title devised by cataloger.
The design reproduces a detail from a larger print entitled "The recruiting serjeant or Brittanniais happy prospect" (see BM Satires 3581).
Library's copy is printed on a single sheet with three additional satrirical prints, arranged side by side horizontally and trimmed within plate mark (see Peel 2632a-d).
Summary:
A round temple, topped by the Hanoverian horse rearing above Britannia, housing a rotund statue of the Duke of Cumberland as leader of British forces standing on a pedestal and facing left.
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