print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1935,0522.6.161.a
- Title
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Object: The Indulgent - no, not Husband but Knight of the Colts Tooth
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Series: Illustrations of Harriette Wilson's Memoirs
- Description
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Plate from a set of satirical illustrations to the memoirs of Harriette Wilson [BM Satires 14846-14853]: Worcester, in shirt and night-cap, crouches before the fire, making toast, while H. W. addresses him from a four-post bed: Oh Worcester what a tender & affectionate Husband you will make!!! He answers: My dearest dear Harriette this menially waiting upon you is ecstasy in comparison with the Regent's Music. 25 March 1825.
Hand-coloured etching.
- Production date
- 1825
- Dimensions
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Height: 138 millimetres
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Width: 171 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', X, 1952)
One of a set by H. Heath, Nos. 14846-53, all headed 'Illustrations . . .', departing considerably from the book.
See No. 14844.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1935
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1935,0522.6.161.a