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Faro's Daughters, or the Kenyonian blow up to Gamblers, 16 May 1796

 Item — Box: LF104/4 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/4/22

Scope and Contents

By Isaac Cruikshank. Three ladies stand in three pillories, two on small low platforms, the third resting the tips of her toes on a pair of stocks, straddling across Fox, who sits between the legs of the prisoner which he holds firmly, his own feet projecting through the stocks, one shoeless and in a ragged stocking; his expression is melancholy. In the foreground (left), Lord Kenyon in wig and gown, seated on the ground, crouches over a bonfire of implements of gaming: a broken table, dice-boxes, and cards. The three pillories are marked with letters to indicate their occupants. [In another impression these letters have been scraped out] On the left 'S' indicates Mrs. Sturt, a middle-aged woman, her head in profile to the right. In the centre, 'A' for Lady Archer whose vulture-profile is unmistakable. On the right 'C.' indicates Mrs. Concannon, a pretty young woman, full-face, with bare breasts, who indecorously bestraddles Fox. In the background a fourth pilloried lady stands in back view, her petticoats looped up and attached to the pillory, exposing her bare posteriors. (Perhaps Lady Buckinghamshire, but not resembling her in figure.) A crowd of spectators is indicated. On the extreme left stands another judge; his profile suggests Loughborough. Hand-coloured etching. Description by The British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 16 May 1796

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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