File:The Duchess of D- (Devonshire) in the character of a mother. (BM 1868,0808.5158).jpg
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[edit]The Duchess of D- [Devonshire] in the character of a mother.
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Title |
The Duchess of D- [Devonshire] in the character of a mother. |
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Description |
English: From the 'Rambler's Magazine'. The Duchess, seated by a cradle, nurses an infant. The Duke sits beside her holding out a small saucepan. On the ground beside him is a large book, 'Treatise on getting and nursing of Children by the Duke of D'. In front of a large fire are towels hanging on a line. On the chimney-piece are a statuette of a Madonna and Child, vases of flowers, and a jug. On the panelled wall above an oval mirror hangs a picture of a pelican with her young. A bird-cage hangs from the wall. 1 April 1784
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Depicted people | Associated with: Georgiana Dorothy Cavendish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1784 date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.5158 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) The Duchess's reputed neglect of her infant while canvassing for Fox was a favourite subject of satire, see 'Westminster Election', p. 234, and BMSat 6546. Inspired by Rousseau, it was said, she nursed her own children, 'a maternal duty wholly neglected by our fashionable Dames'. Pigott, 'Female Jockey Club', 1794, p. 16. For the Westminster election see BMSat 6474, &c. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5158 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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