Mother Carey's Chickens, 1808
Print
1808 (made)
1808 (made)
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General Description: Mother Carey's Chickens (BM:S.11050). Caricature of the supposed influence of Mrs Carey over the Duke of York regarding army commissions. British Inscribed in pencil No 124. Lettered with title, inscribed with captions and NB these Birds have lately been seen hovering about the Horse Guards A Storm Finch, or stormy petterel (the Mother Careys Chickens of the Sailors). Procellaria Pelagica of Linnaeus. is seldom or never seen but in the great Ocean, and then when observed flying near a Ship, is the sure prognostication of a storm. the analagy [sic] of effect has induced modern Naturalists to class these, with the Pelagica of Linnaeus, tho differing in plumage, and within the design Pubd, Novr, 1808 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back.
Object details
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| Title | Mother Carey's Chickens, 1808 |
| Materials and techniques | Etching, coloured by hand |
| Brief description | Satirical print by Williams, from a 'Folio of Caricatures lent out for the Evening' - 'Mother Carey's Chickens' |
| Physical description | General Description: Mother Carey's Chickens (BM:S.11050). Caricature of the supposed influence of Mrs Carey over the Duke of York regarding army commissions. British Inscribed in pencil No 124. Lettered with title, inscribed with captions and NB these Birds have lately been seen hovering about the Horse Guards A Storm Finch, or stormy petterel (the Mother Careys Chickens of the Sailors). Procellaria Pelagica of Linnaeus. is seldom or never seen but in the great Ocean, and then when observed flying near a Ship, is the sure prognostication of a storm. the analagy [sic] of effect has induced modern Naturalists to class these, with the Pelagica of Linnaeus, tho differing in plumage, and within the design Pubd, Novr, 1808 by S W Fores No 50 Piccadilly. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson |
| Bibliographic reference | BM:S= British Museum: Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. London, 1870-1954 |
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| Accession number | E.1151-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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