The Gord-Ian Knot still Untied or The Disapointed Dido still in Despair.
Pub.d May 9th 1802 by S.W. Fores 50 Picadilly. Folios of Caracatures lent out for the evening.
Hand-coloured etching. J. Whatman watermark. Sheet: 265 x 335mm (10½ x 13"). Trimmed to platemark.
A satirical scene in showing Lady Gordon and her daughter Lady Georgiana weeping by the coffin of the Duke of Bedford. Lady Gordon had sought to have her daughter marry the Duke of Bedford and following his death she claimed that the two had been engaged, a claim which was denied by the Duke's brother.
BM Satire 9929.
[Ref: 46621] £280.00
Hand-coloured etching. J. Whatman watermark. Sheet: 265 x 335mm (10½ x 13"). Trimmed to platemark.
A satirical scene in showing Lady Gordon and her daughter Lady Georgiana weeping by the coffin of the Duke of Bedford. Lady Gordon had sought to have her daughter marry the Duke of Bedford and following his death she claimed that the two had been engaged, a claim which was denied by the Duke's brother.
BM Satire 9929.
[Ref: 46621] £280.00