Grace before meat, or, A peep at Lord Peter's [graphic].
- Published/Created:
- [London]
Sold by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
[ca. November 1778] - Copyright Date:
- [ca. November 1778]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 30 x 41 cm
- Notes:
- Title etched below image.
Date from British Museum catalogue.
Also attributed to Gillray. - Abstract:
- George III at table with the queen and seated between Lord and Lady Petre with nine other persons while a tall monk stands on the left saying grace. A crucifix and picture of a saint on the wall mark this as an anti-Catholic satire occasioned by the King's visit to Lord Petre in October of 1778 after the passing of the Catholic Relief Act.
- Variant Titles:
- Peep at Lord Peter's
- Associated Names:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815 [Attributed name]
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810 [Publisher] - Topics:
- Anti-Catholicism
Auchin
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Clothing & dress -- England -- 1770-1780
Dining tables
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Monks
Petre, Robert Edward Petre, Baron, 1742-1801
Prayer - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings -- England -- London -- 1778
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1778 - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 778.11.05.04.2+
- Orbis Record:
- 6694880
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr04342
- Volume/Enumeration:
- Digital version
- OID:
- 10723214
- PID:
- digcoll:291747
