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The little farthing rush light   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: Isaac Cruikshank

Published by: S W Fores
Title
The little farthing rush light
Description
English: Five heads surround a taper whose flame is the head in profile to the left of George III. The taper rises from the centre of a crown which rests on a tasselled cushion in the foreground. On the left is Sheridan in profile, his face disfigured by drink, puffing angrily; next is Fox facing three-quarter length to the right, with a fierce expression. Next is the Prince of Wales, alarmed and rather fierce; beside him is Mrs. Fitzherbert, wearing breeches round her shoulders, one leg terminating in a garter inscribed 'Honi Soit...' The ribbon of her night-cap is decorated with the Prince's feathers and 'Ich dien'. On the extreme right is Grey, puffing intently, his blast directed at the back of the King's head. All the others puff awry, and the light burns steadily. All the men wear night-caps and shirts open at the neck. 3 October [1792].
Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Associated with: Maria Anne Fitzherbert
Date 1792
date QS:P571,+1792-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 246 millimetres
Width: 350 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Accession number
1868,0808.5789
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) Since the date is uncertain, the print cannot be precisely interpreted. It is unlikely that it relates to the Regency: 3 Oct. 1788 is too early, 3 Oct. 1789 too late. It would therefore seem to be anti-Jacobin in spirit.

Small copy, Everitt, 'English Caricaturists', p. xx.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5789
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