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The prodigal son

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S. W. Fores

The prodigal son

Published

[London] : Pubd Jany 18, 1787 by SW Fores N° 3 Piccadilly, [8 January 1787]

etching, hand colored
image: 183 x 140 mm; sheet: 198 x 150 mm
Peel 1663
Notes
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Print shows the Prince of Wales in profile to the left, holding a shepherd's crook, seated on the ground by a trough in which two swine are feeding. He is dressed in his accustomed manner, but his coat is out at elbows, his top-boots wrinkled, his breeches unfastened at the knee where the Garter is represented by the word 'Honi' (reversed); the three ostrich feathers lie on the ground beside him. Cf. George.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
Classification
Department