The Princess's bow alias the Bow Begum / J.S., f.

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Title: The Princess's bow alias the Bow Begum / J.S., f.
Date: [1788]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, etcher.
Notes: Engraved below the title: "Bow wow wow, fal lal &c, &c"; An elderly Indian princess, seated on a stool in profile to the left, her hands deprecatingly extended, receives the obeisance of Edmund Burke, Charles James Fox, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Burke kneels at her feet, head bent down. He is between Sheridan and Fox. Under the princess's seat appear the head and arms of Sir Francis as if emerging from the ground. Cf. George.
Names and Subjects: Hastings, Warren,--1732-1818--Caricatures and cartoons.; Hastings, Warren,--1732-1818--Impeachment.; Francis, Philip,--1740-1818--Caricatures and cartoons.; Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons.; Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.; Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.; Impeachments--Great Britain.; Caricatures and cartoons--Great Britain.; Prints shelf.; Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1789.; Cornell, Thomas,--publisher.
Genre: Satires (Visual works) 1780-1790.; Etchings 1780-1790.
ID: 9114
Barcode: B4834826
Physical Description: 1 print : etching ; plate mark 22.5 x 25.2 cm., on sheet 28.8 x 32.9 cm
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2022-03-04 15:06:03

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Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
Image Size: 8912 x 6176
File Size: 2 MB
Record: 9114
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