James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Dido Forsaken, Sic Transit Gloria Reginae, 1787
- Title:
- Dido Forsaken, Sic Transit Gloria Reginae
- Date:
- 1787
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, hand colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 3/8in. (26.4 x 36.5cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, center right: "'I never saw her in my Life' | 'No, never in all his Life, Damme' | 'No, never' | 'Never' | Honor"; lower center: "For the conversion of Heretics."; lettered below image, lower center: "DIDO FORSAKEN. Sic transit gloria Reginæ."; Pubd. May 21st, 1787. by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly, London."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.965
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- caricature | caricatures | satire
- Associated People:
- Dundas, Henry, first Viscount Melville (1742–1811), British politician and lawyer
Pitt, William [known as Pitt the younger] (1759–1806), prime minister
Fitzherbert, [née Smythe; other married name Weld] Maria Anne (1756–1837), unlawful wife of George IV by a marriage invalid under the Royal Marriages Act of 1772
George IV (1762–1830), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover
Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician
Burke, Edmund (1729/30–1797), politician and author
North, Frederick, second earl of Guilford [known as Lord North] (1732–1792), prime minister - Access:
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