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The diamond eaters, horrid monsters!
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1788].
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image: 193 x 161 mm; sheet: 223 x 161 mm
Peel 1603
Notes
Date of publication from George.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows Thurlow, George III, and Queen Charlotte (half length) looking up with open mouths to receive the diamonds which Hastings (left), standing behind Thurlow, pours into their mouths from a bag inscribed "Indian Plunder". Thurlow (left) and the King (right) face each other in profile; Thurlow has the body of a demon and puts his right hand on the breast of the King, his talons tearing off his garment and obscuring his Garter star. The Queen sits between them, full-face. Hastings wears a jewelled turban and oriental dress. Cf. George.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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