Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The contrast

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The contrast

Published

[London] : Pubd May 3rd , 1788 in Dover Street London, [3 May 1788]

engraving
image: 155 x 160 mm (circular); sheet: 205 x 160 mm
Peel 1660
Notes
Caption title.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Print shows a medallion featuring the heads, in profile to the right, of Thurlow and Lansdowne; that of Thurlow is superimposed on that of Lansdowne and the former scowls while the latter smiles sardonically. Below the heads is written in a contemporary hand 'Gruff' and 'Malagrida'.

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