Contemplations Upon a Coronet.
J.s G.y inv & fec.t.
Pub.d March 20th 1797 by H.Humphrey, Bond Street & St James Street.
Coloured etching 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾ "). Frame measures 475 x 380mm (18¾ x 15"). Slightly time stained. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene depicting Miss Farren (Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby) sitting at her dressing table, admiring a nobleman's coronet perched on a wig stand shaped like Lord Derby's head. At her feet lies an open book titled Tabby's Farewell to the Green Room, near it is a torn paper: 'Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady. How Lov'd how valued once avails thee not To whom Related or by whom Begot.' Behind Miss Farren are the closed curtains of an ornate bed, whose valance is decorated with the cap of Libertas and the words 'Vive la Egalite'. On the wall hangs a 'Map of the Road from Strolling Lane to Derbyshire Peak'; the places, from S. to N., are: 'Strolling Lane', 'Beggary Corner', 'Servility Place', 'Old Drury Common', 'Affectation Lane', 'Insolence Green', 'Fool-Catching Alley', 'Derbyshire Peak viz Devils Ar.' A jewel-box, bottles, &c, are on the dressing-table, some inscribed: 'Bloom de Ninon', 'For Bad Teeth', 'Cosmetick', 'For the Breath'.
BM Satires 9074.
[Ref: 66028] £390.00
Pub.d March 20th 1797 by H.Humphrey, Bond Street & St James Street.
Coloured etching 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾ "). Frame measures 475 x 380mm (18¾ x 15"). Slightly time stained. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene depicting Miss Farren (Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby) sitting at her dressing table, admiring a nobleman's coronet perched on a wig stand shaped like Lord Derby's head. At her feet lies an open book titled Tabby's Farewell to the Green Room, near it is a torn paper: 'Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady. How Lov'd how valued once avails thee not To whom Related or by whom Begot.' Behind Miss Farren are the closed curtains of an ornate bed, whose valance is decorated with the cap of Libertas and the words 'Vive la Egalite'. On the wall hangs a 'Map of the Road from Strolling Lane to Derbyshire Peak'; the places, from S. to N., are: 'Strolling Lane', 'Beggary Corner', 'Servility Place', 'Old Drury Common', 'Affectation Lane', 'Insolence Green', 'Fool-Catching Alley', 'Derbyshire Peak viz Devils Ar.' A jewel-box, bottles, &c, are on the dressing-table, some inscribed: 'Bloom de Ninon', 'For Bad Teeth', 'Cosmetick', 'For the Breath'.
BM Satires 9074.
[Ref: 66028] £390.00