Special and Named Printed Collections in the National Library of Scotland
Prints in the Walter Blaikie Collection on deposit in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
| Shelfmark: | 19.12 |
| Title: | Solomon's Glory or the Rival Mistresses |
| Description: | 13 3/8x 8 7/8
Satire of Duke of Cumberland and his failed attempt at getting a Savoyard girl as a mistress. Shows him and the girl sitting under a tree while unhappy, previous mistresses and a man have banners of text from their mouths in the background
"Then can you leave your Nancy for such a low life beggarly Wench as that" and the man, with his hand on her shoulder replies to the jilted mistress, "This is all owning to your impudence you Bitch" |
| Subject: | Satires, Caricatures, Incidents Etc. Etc. |
| Medium: | Engraving on paper |
| Width: | 34.00 |
| Height: | 22.60 |
| References: | BM Satires Vol. III No. 3040
WB 137 |
| Notes: | Handwritten on front: "1st State before the shading on the Duke's Right arm & on the Gown-A Rare Variation Not Mentioned" |
| Date: | 20 August 1749 |
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