print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.9140
- Title
- Object: The man wot violates the grave
- Description
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The Duke of Cumberland steps from a grave, carrying an elegant and willing lady in evening dress, her head concealed behind that of the Duke against which her cheek is pressed. Above the design: 'It's very hard these sort of men can't let a BODY be = O she loved a bold Dragoon with his long—&c &c.' Jan 30 1830
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1830
- Dimensions
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Height: 373 millimetres
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Width: 262 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954)
Scandal relating to a liaison between Lady Graves (1783-1835) and the Duke of Cumberland had appeared in newspapers for some months. On 22 Jan. Greville records a story that they had been detected by Lord Graves (from whom she had long been separated); on 7 Feb. Graves cut his throat. 'Letters of Countess Granville', 1894, ii. 58-60. See Nos. 16012, 16024, 16025, 16026, 16033, 16034, 16035, l6030, 16156, 16635, 16644, 16718, 16952 [5], 17052, 17102, 17274. For the title cf. No. 15731, &c. Copied in Nos. 16033, 16035.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.9140
