The thunderer, British Cartoon Print - James Gillray, British
Summary
Print shows Banastre Tarleton boasting of his exploits to the Prince of Wales outside a brothel labeled "The Whirligig."
Caption: Vide ; Every man in his humour, alter'd from Ben Johnson.
Imprint taken from second impression.
Color impression Partially trimmed to within plate mark.
Attributed to James Gillray, BM CPPS no. 6116.
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6116
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 831.
Color impression Exhibited: "Two Extrodinary Women : The Art and Poetry of Maria Hadfield Cosway (1760-1838) and Mary Darby Robinson (1757-1800)" at The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, December 2015-June 2016.
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