John Boyne
approximately 1750-1810
Sir Zealous Godfrey giving a bouillon raffraichissant, to his friends
Published
[London] : Publish'd Aprill 7, 1784, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street, [1784]
etching with stipple
image: 290 x 220 mm; plate mark: 349 x 247 mm; sheet: 344 x 245 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2551
Notes
Printmaker from BM Satires.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Lord North, on the left, and Charles Fox, in dressing gowns and night caps, sit in armchairs as invalids with a melancholy expression on their faces. They are approached from the right by a man who carries two soup bowls filled with frogs. One frog is falling to the ground, two more sit on the floor. He is the Duc de Bouillon who, while in England, called himself Mr. Godfrey and showed interest in Foxite politics.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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