The Duke of Cumberland being prosecuted by Richard, Baron Grosvenor, for adultery with Lady Grosvenor. Engraving, ca. 1770.
- Date:
- [1771]
- Reference:
- 2489351i
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About this work
Description
Within a tent, a judge (Lord Mansfield) with bat's wings holds two books, The law of divorce and adultery and The law of power. Behind him are horned men, representing cuckolds. Grotesque lawyers with animals' heads interrogate the Duke of Cumberland (centre foreground). The city of St Albans, mentioned in the lettering, was said by Grosvenor to be the site of the adultery. Outside the tent are (left) a Scotsman (?) with a sword (left) and a horned cuckold (Grosvenor?)
Publication/Creation
[England] : [publisher not identified], [1771]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; image 9.6 x 15.6 cm
Lettering
The trial of Mr Cumberland for spreading the distemper among the horned cattle at St Albans & other parts. Engrav'd for the Oxford magazine.
References note
Thomas Wright, Caricature history of the Georges, London: Chatto and Windus, 1876, pp. 321
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, Vol. IV, London 1978, no. 4401
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2489351i
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Location Status Access Closed stores