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The female politicians / P. Falconet inv.

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Peter Falconet
1741-1791

The female politicians / P. Falconet inv.

[London?] : Publish'd as the Act directs Novr the 8th 1770 by Ryland & Co. in Cornhill, Nov. 8, 1770.
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plate mark: 10 11/16 x 14 5/8 inches (272 x 371 mm); image: 9 1/16 x 13 1/2 inches (231 x 343 mm); sheet: 11 1/4 x 14 7/8 inches (286 x 378 mm)
Peel 1231
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Six women in a room fighting. Two women on the far left, claw at each other's hair while fighting over an object; a woman sits on the ground pleading over a baby as another woman stands over her in rage with her arm holding up an object to strike the woman with; a woman stands over a table with a broken vase spilling onto the floor, looking at another woman across the room with her hands on her hips; portraits of John Wilkes and the preacher George Whitefield on the wall, suggesting possible causes of dispute.

Associated names
Ryland, William Wynne, 1732-1783.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Bibliography

English caricature 1620 to the present : caricaturists and satirists, their art, their purpose and influence. London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984, no. 55 (this copy).

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