Accession number
PML 146639, p. 487 (preceding)
Creator
Williams, Charles, 1797-1830.
Published
[London] : Pubd March 1815 by Wm Holland No.11 Cockspur Street, [1815]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item.
Description and attribution from George.
Caricature of the legendary "pig faced lady of Manchester Square", popularly rumored to reside in London ca. 1814-1815, and featured in a number of prints and caricatures of the day.
Inserted before p. 487 in v. 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of Henry Morley's Memoirs of Batholomew Fair (London : Chapman and Hall, 1859), see PML 146639.
Description and attribution from George.
Caricature of the legendary "pig faced lady of Manchester Square", popularly rumored to reside in London ca. 1814-1815, and featured in a number of prints and caricatures of the day.
Inserted before p. 487 in v. 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of Henry Morley's Memoirs of Batholomew Fair (London : Chapman and Hall, 1859), see PML 146639.
Description
1 print : hand col. etching ; plate mark: 235 x 187 mm; sheet: 275 x 223 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a short deformed man with a hump, small legs, and slightly concave profile suggesting Lord Kirkcudbright, dancing with an elegant and graceful lady with a pig's head.
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