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[George III] Going to Market.
[by Fredrick George Byron?]
London. Pub.d Nov.r 21 1791 by W.m Holland Nº 50 Oxford Street.
Etching. 340 x 480mm (13½ x 19"), on J. Whatman laid paper. Trimmed just within plate top and bottom.
George III as a farmer, singing as he drives a two-wheeled farm-cart to market. Queen Charlotte (sitting in a cart with a basket of hens) and two lifeguards (riding behind) join in the chorus. A satire on the farms of Windsor and the king's fondness for singing. Grego attributes the plate to Gillray but Tim Clayton (author of 'James Gillray: A Revolution in Satire', 2023) believes it to be by Byron. BM Satires 7915.
[Ref: 63515] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
The Ghost.
F. G. Byron Esq.r delin.t. Engraved by J Pettit.
London Pub by Will.m Holland. N° 50. Oxford Street, July 29. I789. In Holland's Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest collection of Humorous Prints in Europe. Admittance one Shilling.
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 290mm (9¾ x 11½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at top.
A figure with a grotesque mask and draped in a sheet advances into a room, holding up a red-hot poker. Four men look alarmed and a fifth escapes up the chimney. BM Satires 7614.
[Ref: 61137] £360.00
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