File:Philip Quarrel the English hermit and beaufidelle the mischievous she monkey, famous for her skill on the viol de gamba. (BM 1868,0808.5963 1).jpg
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Philip Quarrel the English hermit and beaufidelle the mischievous she monkey, famous for her skill on the viol de gamba. ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Print made by: Thomas Rowlandson (?)
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Title |
Philip Quarrel the English hermit and beaufidelle the mischievous she monkey, famous for her skill on the viol de gamba. |
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English: Philip Thicknesse walks (left to right) followed by his (third) wife; both are heavily laden. He carries three large volumes under his left arm; in his right hand is a headsman's axe inscribed 'Gratitude', on his head is a boar's head inscribed 'Lord Jerseys Present'. He wears regimentals; above his shoulder projects the muzzle of the wooden gun; his cartouche-box is inscribed 'Subscription scheme Gunpowder' (an allusion to the publication of his Memoirs by subscription and to their blackmailing character). Two antique pistols are thrust in a belt inscribed 'Duke of Marlbros Pistols' (see BMSat 7721). Under his right foot is a paper: 'Vagrant Act'. He scowls morosely, his wife looks up at him with an expression of angry anxiety. She carries two large books under her right arm, probably her 'Sketches of the Lives and Writings of the Ladies of France', 3 vols., 1778-81. She appears to be pregnant; her petticoats are raised in front by a low girdle inscribed 'Loves of Landguard Cottage'. Behind her and on the extreme left is a milestone: '1 Mile from Bath'. In the background (right) behind Thicknesse is a low thatched cottage inscribed 'Hermitage', before whose door is a gibbet from which hangs a noose. 1790
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Depicted people | Associated with: William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1790 date QS:P571,+1790-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height: 350 millimetres
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institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.5963 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) Philip Thicknesse and his wife are satirized as strolling players. Ann Ford had been a beauty and a noted musician; in 1761 two 'Letters . . .' had been published purporting to be from her to Lord Jersey, reproaching him ('inter alia') with the gift of a boar's head, and from Lord Jersey in answer; see 'Gent. Mag.', 1761, pp. 34 and 79. For her viol da gamba see Thicknesse's 'Sketch of the Life and Paintings of Thomas Gainsborough Esq.', 1788, pp. 21 ff. Thicknesse built a house in Bath which he called St. Catherine's Hermitage. See BMSat 7721, &c. The title is from a popular imitation of 'Robinson Crusoe: The Hermit: or the unparalled [sic] sufferings ... of Mr. Philip Quarll...' by E. Dorrington (pseudonym), 1727. Many editions. Beau Fidelle is a wonderful monkey who plays the part of Friday. Grego, 'Rowlandson', i. 275. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5963 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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