De hertog van Portland en Elizabeth Billington, James Gillray, 1803

Title(s)

De hertog van Portland en Elizabeth Billington
The Bulstrode Siren (title on object)

Object type

• cartoon

Object number

RP-P-2002-626

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Spotprent met William Cavendish-Bentinck, de derde hertog van Portland, die gefascineerd luistert naar de zangeres Elizabeth Billington. Onderaan een vierregelig vers.

Artist

• print maker: James Gillray (mentioned on object)

Place

England

Dating

1803

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving / hand coloring

Measurements

height 238 mm × width 175 mm

What

• opera-singer (female)
• political caricatures and satires

Who

• William Cavendish-Bentinck (3e hertog van Portland)
• Elizabeth Billington

Credit line

• Gift of J.U. Flohil-de Jong, Santpoort-Zuid

Acquisition

gift 2002

Copyright

Public domain

• Catalogue of political and personal satires, cat.nr. 10168