Brunswick triumphant!, or, The battle of the blood's, pure & contaminated [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Pubd. May 23d, 1789, by J. Aitken, Castle Street, Leicester Fields
[23 May 1789]

Copyright Date:

[23 May 1789]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 26 x 36 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7531

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Four lines of verse below image, following title: Oft have I seen a hot o'erweening cur, run back & bark because he was with-held, who being suffer'd in the bears fell paw, hath clap'd his tail between his legs & cry'd.
"Price 1 sh."
Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Duels: Duke of York and Lt.-Col. Lennox, May 26, 1789 -- Duke of Richmond's fortifications -- Allusion to Charles II -- Flags -- Union Jack -- French flag -- Boxing.
Old Print Shop; Mar. 1961 ; Acquisitions no.: 961-3-1-69.
Watermark: countermark S. Lay.

Abstract:

"A pugilistic encounter between the Duke of York (left) and Lt.-Col. Charles Lennox (right), both stripped to the waist. The Duke stands with both fists clenched, saying, "Come on my Lad! don't fall without a Blow! I'll tickle your Mazzard, if you dare to stand up like a Man!" Lennox, on one knee, clutches the arm of his second, the Duke of Richmond, saying, "O save me Nunkle! - O Lord! - O Lord! - O Lord! Your H--h--ss is above my Match! - O Lord - I'm not fit to fight any body above your Footman". Richmond puts out a hand to restrain his nephew, saying with an expression of alarm, "For heavens sake, forbear! we are nothing but a brood of Bastards! Bastards begot - Bastards instructed - Bastards in Mind - Bastards in Valour - in every thing illegitimate - we are neither of Blood, or of Honor, to cope with your Hi-h--ss!!" The Prince of Wales, on the extreme left, is his brother's second; he says, with a contemptuous expression, "Fredrick! cant you tip his bottle holder a sly plump in the Bread-basket?" Behind him is a Union flag; behind Richmond are fortifications flying a French flag, symbolizing his French descent and title ..."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Battle of the bloods, pure & contaminated
Battle of the bloods, pure and contaminated

Associated Names:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815 [Printmaker]
Aitken, James, -1802 [Publisher]

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Harvey, Francis
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1764-1819
Riv

Language:

English

Genre:

Dueling
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1789
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1789
Watermarks (Paper) -- S. Lay

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

789.05.23.01+

Orbis Record:

7723142

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr06669

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10731118

PID:

digcoll:2755552