Lady conyngham and her daughter, struggling in wild agitation to pull open a door (left), are interrupted by lord conyngham (right) who calls from the doorway (right): 'come come lady c——m if you dont make haste we shall have the new police to eject us'. She answers: 'yes, yes, but there's some private letters, notes and memorandums in this closet, and i cant find the key was it to save my honor'. A (?) lady's maid empties a bag of books, keys, &c. , and a miniature of george iv, saying, 'theres no such thing here my lady'. Below the title:
'now if this key had not been found,
what curious storys might abound'. July 8 1830
lithograph. Date: 1830. Dimensions: Height: 234 mm (image); Width: 335 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness Conyngham. Collection: British Museum. The lost key or leaving the castle (BM 1868,0808.9194)
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