Details

Subject(s)

• Caricature [Browse]
• Fencers—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, chevalier de, 1745-1799—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• London (England)—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Spies—France—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Great Britain—Kings and rulers—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Carlton House (London, England)—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• French—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Princes—Great Britain—History18th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Spectators—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Female impersonators—England—London—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Political cartoons—Great Britain—18th century [Browse]

Notes

• Medium: Stipple engravings, Aquatints, Hand coloring
• Medium: Etchings
• Inscribed in plate, below: "The Assault, or Fencing Match which took place at Carlton House, on the 9th of April 1787, between // Mademoiselle La Chevaliere D'eon de Beaumont and Monsieur De Saint George. // In the presence of His Royal Highness the Princ.
• Item description: Credited to Rowlandson but has since been attributed to Gillray.
• Also, page 85 credits to Gillray.
• Unsigned.
• Princeton's copy is a re-strike of Gillray's 1787 print. It was issued in the 1840s.

Source acquisition

Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.

References

• Not in Grego.
• Paston. Social Caricatures, no. 133.
• See Henry Angelo's Reminiscences.