File:Cupid turn'd auctioneer, or, Cornelys' sale at Carlisle House (BM 1868,0808.10025).jpg
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[edit]Cupid turn'd auctioneer, or, Cornelys' sale at Carlisle House
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Print made by: Isaac Taylor (I) (?)
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Title |
Cupid turn'd auctioneer, or, Cornelys' sale at Carlisle House |
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Description |
English: Illustration to an article with the above title. An auction-room. Cupid (centre) on a high rostrum holds up a hammer, pointing with his left hand at the lot for sale, a tall macaroni standing on a stool in profile to the left., holding a cane, his hat under his arm. Behind the macaroni (r.) stands Mercury, who appears to have placed him on the stool. Other lots are on a high shelf behind Cupid's head, against which rests a ladder. Above them are numbered placards: "[Lo]t 1" and "Lot 2" have gone, their places are vacant. "Lot 3" is a fashionably dressed lady; "Lot 4" is a macaroni taking snuff; "Lot 5" is a plainly dressed lady wearing an apron. Standing in front of the auctioneer (l.) is a crowd of spectators, fashionably dressed men and women, who are elderly and ugly, a lady with a fan in profile to the right. being the most prominent. Beneath the design is engraved,
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Depicted people | Associated with: Theresa Cornelys | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1772 date QS:P571,+1772-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.10025 |
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Notes |
From the Westminster Magazine, i. 9. (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) >From the 'Westminster Magazine', i. 9. The text shows that the first three lots sold were a captain, Lady Bridget Lane, and the Duchess of Northumberland. Mrs. Cornelys was gazetted bankrupt in November 1772 and Carlisle House was advertised for sale in December. This was due to the proceedings against her, see BMSat 4929, and to the opening of the Pantheon, see BMSat 4998. See also BMSat 5194, a sequel to this print. Reproduced, E. Sherson, 'The Lively Lady Townshend', 1926, p. 266. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-10025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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