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Matthias Darly
The North mountain : parturient monte.
[London] : Sold accd to act by MDarly Strand, Feb 20th, 1775, [1775].
stipple etching
image: 222 x 332 mm; sheet: 250 x 355 mm
Peel 2287
Notes
Title from item.
Not in George.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Not in George.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Prints shows the figure of Lord Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, standing full-length in profile, facing left, attired in a woman's gown and hugely pregnant; in one hand he holds a paper which reads "America in rebellion", and on the ground at left is a mouse, who laughs "Ha! Ha! Ha!". Presumably inspired by popular turns of phrase referencing Aesop's "mountain in labor" to the effect that the "Mountain has given birth to a mouse."
Associated names
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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