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Court cards the best to deal with

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Joshua Kirby Baldrey
1754-1828

Court cards the best to deal with

London : Pubd. Feby. 8th 1788 for S. Doughty and Co., No. 19 Holborn, [1788]
etching with stipple, hand-colored
plate mark: 276 x 269 mm; sheet: 125 x 250 mm
Peel 1605
Notes
Printmaker Joshua Baldrey occasionally operated from 19 Holborn in London, under the imprint "S. Doughty & Co." Cf. British Museum online catalog.
Library's copy cropped within plate mark, with presumed loss of imprint; lower portion of sheet containing the caption title has been cut away and reglued below the image.
Sheet measurement is for the two parts comprising the library's cropped copy of this print.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "Ld. Thurlow" in ink below the knave, below the king is "The K--g", and beneath the central figure is "Mr Hastings".
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Print shows two playing-cards, a knave and a king, between which kneels the figure of Warren Hasting in Oriental costume, holding out a diamond (suit-mark) in each hand towards the figure on each side of him; below the knave is etched "Thurlow" (the Lord Chancellor), while below the king is "Geo. III"; beneath the central figure is "Hastings".

Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
Classification
Department