[Lady Elizabeth Conyngham] The Guard Wot Looks Arter the Sovereign.
[Monogram of Paul Pry (William Heath), but a forgery] Esq. Del.
Pub. April 16 1929 by T. McFat 26 Strawmarket.
Coloured etching. 370 x 255mm, 14½ x 10½". Tear in margin.
Elizabeth, Lady Conyngham (1769-1861), shown dressed as a coachman, carrying a blunderbuss. She was mistress of the Prince Regent from 1819 until his death in 1830, having had a fling with Tsar Nicholas I of Russia during his visit to London in 1816. A pirate copy of Heath's print, possibly by John Phillips. The publisher's address parodies that of Thomas McLean.
BM:15733 copy.
[Ref: 11461] £160.00
Pub. April 16 1929 by T. McFat 26 Strawmarket.
Coloured etching. 370 x 255mm, 14½ x 10½". Tear in margin.
Elizabeth, Lady Conyngham (1769-1861), shown dressed as a coachman, carrying a blunderbuss. She was mistress of the Prince Regent from 1819 until his death in 1830, having had a fling with Tsar Nicholas I of Russia during his visit to London in 1816. A pirate copy of Heath's print, possibly by John Phillips. The publisher's address parodies that of Thomas McLean.
BM:15733 copy.
[Ref: 11461] £160.00