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The seat of war / R.S.

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Robert Seymour
1798-1836

The seat of war / R.S.

Published

[London] : [William Strange], [ca. 1834]

wood-engraving
2 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2173
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-- often with different captions-- in Figaro in London, also published by Strange. The identical image appeared in Figaro in London, no. 45, 1832, with the same title.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

William I of the Netherlands, in seventeenth-century costume with huge inflated breeches, turns his back on King Leopold (right), contemptuously smoking a pipe, with which he sets light to a bunch of 'Protocol' papers. Leopold, in uniform and with a large document under his arm, makes as if to cut off a piece of the Dutchman's breeches with a huge pair of shears.

Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Strange, W. (William), publisher.
Cowie, G. (George), printer.
Strange, W. (William). Whiggeries and waggeries.
Strange, W. (William). Figaro in London.
Classification
Department