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The assault, or fencing match, which took place at Carlton House on the 9th of April, 1787 . . . .
Attributed to
Gillray, James, 1756-1815
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Format
Visual material
Published/Created
Paris : [s.n.], n.d. [1840s]
Description
1 item ; sheet 31.5 x 36.6 cm.
Details
Subject(s)
Caricature
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Fencers
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England
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London
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18th century
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Caricatures and cartoons
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Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810
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Caricatures and cartoons
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Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne, chevalier de, 1745-1799
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Caricatures and cartoons
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London (England)
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History
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18th century
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Caricatures and cartoons
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Great Britain
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History
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18th century
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Caricatures and cartoons
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Spies
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France
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18th century
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Caricatures and cartoons
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Great Britain
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Kings and rulers
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18th century
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Caricatures and cartoons
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
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Caricatures and cartoons
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Carlton House (London, England)
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Caricatures and cartoons
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French
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England
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London
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18th century
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Caricatures and cartoons
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Princes
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Great Britain
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History18th century
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Caricatures and cartoons
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Spectators
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England
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London
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18th century
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Caricatures and cartoons
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Female impersonators
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England
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London
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18th century
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Caricatures and cartoons
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Political cartoons
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Great Britain
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18th century
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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.
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