Taking physick, or, The news of shooting the King of Sweden! [graphic].

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Title
Taking physick, or, The news of shooting the King of Sweden! [graphic].
Alternative Title
News of shooting the King of Sweden
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor
Bohn, Henry G. 1796-1884, publisher.
Published / Created
[1792]
Publication Place
London and printed 1851?
Publisher
Pubd. April 11th 1792 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Abstract

"The King and Queen, much caricatured, sit side by side in a latrine, above which is part of the royal arms, the lion looking down apprehensively and excreting. They look in horror towards Pitt, who rushes in, terrified, from a door (right), holding out a paper inscribed 'News from Sweden', and saying, "Another Monarch done over!" He is grotesquely thin. The King rises slightly, holding his stomach, and saying, "What ? Shot ? What ? what ? what ? Shot! shot! shot!" He wears a nightcap tied with a ribbon inscribed 'Honi Soit qui M . . . '. The Queen is a shrunken and huddled figure; both have grotesquely agitated expressions."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Date of printing based on that of Bohn's suppressed plates.
Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark.
Reissue, probably from Bohn, ii, suppressed plates. Cf. No. 8080 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: latrine -- Male costume: royal night cap -- Emblems: burlesqued royal arms -- Allusion to assassination of Gustavus III.
Provenance
H. Hill ; Mar. 1961 ;
Extent
1 print : sheet 26 x 34 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
792.04.11.01+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Etchings England London 1751
Material
etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subjects
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1792
England > London > 1751

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Orbis Record
7815796
Object ID (OID)
10732764

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