File:This is the house that Jack built. (BM 1868,0808.10338).jpg
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[edit]This is the house that Jack built.
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Artist |
Print made by:Isaac Cruikshank |
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Title |
This is the house that Jack built. |
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Description |
English: Illustration to a lampoon on the Gunning scandal. A series of portraits following [1] a letter directed to 'His Grace the D. . . of' [Marlborough, see BMSat 7980], beneath which is inscribed: 'This is the Note that Nobody wrote!' [2] A groom (three-quarter length) standing with folded arms: 'This is the Groom that carried the Note that Nobody wrote.' [3] Bust portrait of a stout woman in profile to the left: 'This is Madam Gun. . .g so very cunning that betrayed the Groom that carried the note that Nobody wrote.' [4] Bust portrait of a lean and wrinkled woman in profile to the right: 'This is Madam Bo. . .n [Bowen] to whom it was owing that Madam Gun. . .g so very cunning betrayed the Groom that carried the Note that Nobody wrote.' [5] Bust portrait of a young woman, full face, holding a handkerchief to her eye: 'This is the Maiden all For Lorn, all on a sudden so tatterd and torn, because Madam Bo. . .n to whom it was owing that Madam Gun. . .g so very cunning betrayed the Groom that carried the Note that Nobody wrote.' [6] Two bust portraits of young men, full face, wearing cocked hats: 'These are the Marquises shy of the Horn blown by the Maiden all For-Lorn all on a sudden so tatterd and torn because Madam Bo. . .n to whom it was owing that Madam Gun. . .g so very cunning betrayed the Groom that carried the Note that Nobody wrote.' [7] Two bust portraits of two men, full face, wearing ribbons, who look sideways at each other: 'These are the Dukes [Marlborough and Argyll] whose bitter rebukes made the two Marquisses shy of the horn blown by the Maiden all for Lorn all on a sudden so tatterd and torn, because Madam Bo. . .n to whom it was owing, that Madam Gun. . .g so very cunning betrayed the Groom that carried the Note that Nobody wrote.' [8] Bust portrait of a military officer, full face, wearing a cocked hat and gorget: 'This is the General somewhat too bold - whose head is too hot, and whose heart is too cold - who made himself single before it was meet and turn'd Wife and Daughter into the street, to appease the two Dukes whose bitter rebukes made the two Marquisses shy of the horn blown by the Maiden all For Lorn all on a sudden so tatterd and torn because Madam Bo. . .n to whom it was owing that Madam Gun. . .g so very cunning betrayed the Groom that carried the Note that Nobody wrote.' Beneath the title is etched: 'Adorned with Pretty Pictures for the Amusement of Grown up Masters and Misses \ To the Admirers of certain Mysterious Pamphlets & Paragraphs (published some time since but which ought never to be Forgotten) \ This Bagatelle is respectfully Dedicated with an humble intention (if possible) to render the Case more difficult then before.' 2 January 1792.
Hand-coloured etching |
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Depicted people | Associated with:John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, Susannah Gunning, Elizabeth Gunning | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1792 date QS:P571,+1792-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Height:469 millimetres Width:341 millimetres | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.10338 |
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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 text is taken from a squib which circulated in manuscript. H. Walpole copied it for Mary Berry, 2 June 1791, when it was 'not at all new'. 'Letters', xiv. 441-2. For the Gunning case see BMSat 7980, &c.; Miss Gunning, anxious to marry her cousin the Marquis of Lorne, apparently fabricated evidence of her courtship by the Marquis of Blandford which included a letter from the Duke of Marlborough giving his consent to their marriage. Mrs. Bowen made accusations and revelations and was accused by Mrs. Gunning of being responsible for the affair. The scandal was followed by a suit of crim. con., see BMSat 7951. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-10338 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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Camera model | Exp10000XL |
Date and time of digitizing | 09:43, 14 August 2006 |
Image width | 4,777 px |
Image height | 3,732 px |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
File change date and time | 10:33, 14 August 2006 |
Date metadata was last modified | 10:33, 14 August 2006 |
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