The Curtain.
Signor Rhezio Invt. [George Townshend?]
[n.d., c.1760.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 200 x 325mm (8 x 12¾"). Tear through title taped, bottom right corner torn off. Trimmed.
A Scottish bag-piper plays "Scotch Vagary for the German Flute or Bagpipe" while two gentleman note that he is "sure of preferment". When held up to the light the figures of Princess Augusta and Lord Bute appear, dancing. A satire on the supposed relationship between Lord Bute and Princess Augusta, by George Townshend (1724-1807), 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend. An early transformation print.
BM Satires 3824.
[Ref: 63318] £390.00
[n.d., c.1760.]
Coloured etching. Sheet 200 x 325mm (8 x 12¾"). Tear through title taped, bottom right corner torn off. Trimmed.
A Scottish bag-piper plays "Scotch Vagary for the German Flute or Bagpipe" while two gentleman note that he is "sure of preferment". When held up to the light the figures of Princess Augusta and Lord Bute appear, dancing. A satire on the supposed relationship between Lord Bute and Princess Augusta, by George Townshend (1724-1807), 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend. An early transformation print.
BM Satires 3824.
[Ref: 63318] £390.00