The Westminster Magazine for September 1773, Engraving

"The Westminster Magazine or the Pantheon of Taste for September 1773, London", printed for W. Goldsmith.

Soft cover, later plain wraps; 5.1/2" x 8.1/2"; the pages are numbered 518-572 [54 pages]; very good condition.

This issue contains a copper engraved portrait of Princess Louise Maximilienne Caroline Emmanuele of Stolberg-Gedern Countess of Albany (1752-1824), "elegant and striking Likeness," and a short biographical article in regards of her proxy marriage to Chevalier Stuart on March 28th, 1772.

Half length portrait, with curled wig with pearls, low gown, ermine edged jeweled bodice, and ermine mantle. Within an oval border with an inscription above, “The Consort of the Chevalier Stuart, Commonly called the Pretender” and bellow an allegorical design of two ladies watching a ship and a crown in the distance.

Reference:
One copy of this engraving is located in the British Museum, London [Museum number 1919,1201.1]. The British Museum experts wrongly identified this portrait as Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702-1735), a titular queen of England, Scotland and Ireland by marriage to James Francis Edward Stuart, a Jacobite claimant to the British throne.

Another copy of this engraving is located in the Windsor Royal Collection, registration# RCIN 603643. This copy is identified as "Louise of Stolberg, Countess of Albany as princess."

Based on other portraits, especially the portrait by Alexius Giardoni, the identification by the Royal Trust is correct.

Contents of the volume:

Tables of market prices on wheat, ray, corn in various regions of England.
The Absurdity of Dueling, A Proper Subject for Dramatic Satire, by Anti Duelist
A Modest Defense of Puffing, by Propter Puff
Court Characters #IX. The Late Lord Lyttelton, anonym
Anecdotes of Captain Fitz-I.I.
The Unforced Repentance. A Moral Tale, anonym
Pictures of the Times
The Dancer of a Kiss: or, An Essay on Jealousy [to be continued]
Extracts of Some Letters from Sir William Johnson to Arthur Lee, on the Customs, Manners, and Language of the Northern Indians of America
Stage Effect, or Theatrical Cookery
On the Utility of Dullness, and its Affinity to Wit, by Torpedo
The Nonsense of Common Sense without Reason, by A Rational Believer
The Adventures of a Silk Petticoat [continued from the last Number]
Momus or, The Laughing Philosopher, by N. [Edward Thompson, 1738-1786, Edward Thompson was an English Royal Navy officer also known literary figure]
English Theatre, by Deury
Summary Account of the late Vaux-Hall Affray; and of the Duel occasioned by it between Captain Scawen and George Robert Fitzgerrall, by Charles Thomas Fagan
City Squabbles
The Court of Apollo [four pages of poetry]
A Journal of the Proceedings of the parliament [continuation]
Summary of the Trial of Major General Gansell for firing a loaded Pistol at the Sheriff's Officers in their Attempt to Arrest him
Monthly Chronicle-- execution of James Field, city news, country, foreign affairs, births, marriages, deaths.

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