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Spy's Taken at Greenwich on Easter Monday [detail]
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
print
Woodward, G. M.
Europe: United Kingdom
1798-04-19
paper; wood; glass
overall (frame): 300 mm x 226 mm x 23 mm
1999.518
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
Woodward, G. M.
Europe: United Kingdom
1798-04-19
paper; wood; glass
overall (frame): 300 mm x 226 mm x 23 mm
Hand-coloured print (etching) depicting a confrontation between a courtesan in a feathered cap and Shute Barrington (Bishop of Durham) wearing a black coat and heavy powdered wig and holding a quizzing glass. Trimmed down from a larger original print which showed the Bishop, together with the Duke of Queensbury being apprehended for watching young women roll down Greenwich hill, a holiday custom. The Bishop protested he was only trying to spot the Durham stagecoach. In a modern antique-style wooden frame with silvered fluting, glazed.
1999.518
BOA Purchase, 1934