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[George IV] Diamond Cut Diamond_Intended as a Frontispiece to the Phamplet.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d Aug.t 15th 1806 by SW Fores No50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, Whatman 1804 watermark. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), large margins.
Satire on the dispute between the Prince of Wales and jeweller Nathaniel Jefferys. The Prince was once a customer of Jefferys but was slow to pay his bills. Jefferys claimed to have lost a considerable sum of money in the settlement of his account with the Prince. In 1806 he requested 400 guineas for his son to be an articled solicitor and went on to write a pamphlet 'exposing' the Prince's conduct which went through nine editions in year this print was published. Jeffery's pamphlet started a pamphlet war, as part of which the theatrical writer Gilliland wrote 'Diamond cut Diamond' in defence of the Prince.
BM Satires: 10592, with extensive description.
[Ref: 58342] £360.00
Pub.d Aug.t 15th 1806 by SW Fores No50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching, Whatman 1804 watermark. 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"), large margins.
Satire on the dispute between the Prince of Wales and jeweller Nathaniel Jefferys. The Prince was once a customer of Jefferys but was slow to pay his bills. Jefferys claimed to have lost a considerable sum of money in the settlement of his account with the Prince. In 1806 he requested 400 guineas for his son to be an articled solicitor and went on to write a pamphlet 'exposing' the Prince's conduct which went through nine editions in year this print was published. Jeffery's pamphlet started a pamphlet war, as part of which the theatrical writer Gilliland wrote 'Diamond cut Diamond' in defence of the Prince.
BM Satires: 10592, with extensive description.
[Ref: 58342] £360.00