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Don-Key – English School, 19th century

1830

English School, 19th century The Sunday Before Confirmation; Parson: What did your godfathers & godmothers then for you? Boy: Nothing sir, rot'em for I never had none. London: Thoma...

Etching and engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid paper. 6 3/4 X 9 5/8 inches (170 x 244 mm), margins trimmed, image intact. Rubbing in the lower left image area obscuring the publishing information (which reads Published by Mm. Darchery, St. James Street March 11, 1783), scattered light foxing, corner loss, top left corner, well outside of image area. "SMP" collector's stamp in red ink on the verso (not in Lugt), and the name "Renier" and the initials "AR" in black ink on the verso. Colors are extremely fresh. Impressions of this work may be found in the permanent collection of the British Museum, and the Yale Center for British Art. Ex-Collection of Anne & Ferdinand Gabriel (F.G.) Renier, reknowned for their inspriational collection of children's books and works on paper, now housed in the Victoria & Albert Museum. _____ The devil officiates at the wedding of Tory Lord North, and Charles James Fox, the Whig statesman whose career spanned almost four decades in Parliament. The satirical scene is the signing of the Fox-North coalition, which was a short-lived partnership the two formed while combining forces in the House of Commons to oust then Prime Minister William Petty, Earl of Shelburne. Fox had fallen out of favor with the Irish born Shelburne, also a Whig, whose ministry remained in power just long enough to see the American War of Independence...

This portrait of King George the III's son was published in the same year that Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premiered in London. 'The Protestants Champion!!' (Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex...

An excellent example of Rowlandson's visual commentary on the challenges of changing fashion for those with a less than ideal physique. Rowlandson, Thomas (after George Murgatroyd W...

'The Right Honble Wm Pitt'' Steel engraving, by J Thomson after John Hoppner. William Pitt (1759-1806) was a British statesman who served as the last prime minister of Great Britai...

'John Evelyn Esq' Copper-line engraving, by WH Worthington after Robert Walker. John Evelyn FRS was an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, ...

'William Wilberforce Esq'' Steel engraving by J Jenkins after George Richmond (1809-1896), circa 1850. William Wilberforce ( 1759 – 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, ...

'Flamsteed' Copper-line engraving by Joseph Baker after T Gibson. 1790. John Flamsteed FRS (1646 - 1719) was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal. He catalogued ov...