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The Devel of a Medley
Published
[England?] : [publisher not specified], [approximately 1757]
etching
sheet: 91 x 60 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2629
Notes
Title from the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Library's copy trimmed to image border.
Design is based in aprt upon a detail from a larger print entitled "A political race" (BM Satires no. 2441); with the figures reversed.
Library's copy trimmed to image border.
Design is based in aprt upon a detail from a larger print entitled "A political race" (BM Satires no. 2441); with the figures reversed.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A free version of BM Satires 3574, with prints of Britannia wearing a yoke, a French coat of arms, and a back view of Lord Winchilsea, tracts on 'Political Lying' and 'Vacant Places' and other prints arranged as a medley.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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