Packing Up!!! "Had sly Ulysses at the Sack____Of Troy, brought thee his pedler's back_____Vide Cleaveland_
W. Heath.
Pub July 1st 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Cut to border.
In a room filled with bales, chests, and plunder the Conyngham family prepare to depart. Lord Conyngham, in shirt-sleeves but elegant, tugs at the cord of an enormous bundle. Lady Conyngham struggles with the lock of a treasure-chest. Her daughter carries on her shoulder the skeleton of George IV famous giraffe which had died in 1829. A cupboard topped with the Royal Arms displays bare shelves; plate is heaped on the floor. Following George IV's death the Conynghams left Windsor immediately having been bequeathed the king's plate and jewels.
BM Satires: 16143.
[Ref: 43635] £270.00
Pub July 1st 1830 by T McLean 26 Haymarket.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼"). Cut to border.
In a room filled with bales, chests, and plunder the Conyngham family prepare to depart. Lord Conyngham, in shirt-sleeves but elegant, tugs at the cord of an enormous bundle. Lady Conyngham struggles with the lock of a treasure-chest. Her daughter carries on her shoulder the skeleton of George IV famous giraffe which had died in 1829. A cupboard topped with the Royal Arms displays bare shelves; plate is heaped on the floor. Following George IV's death the Conynghams left Windsor immediately having been bequeathed the king's plate and jewels.
BM Satires: 16143.
[Ref: 43635] £270.00