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Resignation the greatest of all virtues

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Isaac Cruikshank
1756?-1811?

Resignation the greatest of all virtues

Published

[London] : Pub. May 26, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, [1792]

etching, hand colored
image: 227 x 336 mm; plate mark: 249 x 351 mm; sheet: 267 x 378 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2596
Notes
Title from item.
Printmaker from BM Satires.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Thurlow, stripped to the waist, kicks the bag of the Great Seal, and tramples on his Chancellor's gown; the mace and his hat lie on the floor beside him. He clenches his fists and scowls, looking to the left, and saying, "Had I servd my God with half a Quarter the Zeal. &c &c. Dam------n." His Chancellor's wig is blazing in the fireplace (left). Behind him (right) is a table with writing materials, and a large document : 'A Catalogue of Oaths Sworn on the Occasion'. Above it is a framed bust portrait of Wolsey: a man wearing bands and a cape, looking over his right shoulder. Cf. British Museum online catalog.

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