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The r---l lovers, or, Another attempt at making love.
Published
[London] : Printed and published by J. Johnston, 98, Cheapside, 1814 August.
illustration (hand colored etching)
42 x 27 cm
Peel 1969
Notes
Broadside verse with hand-colored etched illustration.
Lettered below image "Printed and published by J. Johnston, 98, Cheapside, Aug. 1814."
Later state of BM Satires 12020.
Lettered below image "Printed and published by J. Johnston, 98, Cheapside, Aug. 1814."
Later state of BM Satires 12020.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
On the subject of the Duke of Clarence attempting to woo the widowed Duchess of Oldenburg. Begins: "Ah! never in the fire was so scorch'd a Salamander / As I with love for the sister of the Emperor Alexander ... "
Associated names
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, etcher.
Johnston, John, active 1809-1823, publisher, printer.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Johnston, John, active 1809-1823, publisher, printer.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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