Monimia [graphic].

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Title: Monimia [graphic].
Contributor: Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: Febr. 1798.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by W. Holland, 50 Oxford St.
Abstract: A caricatured image of Queen Caroline weeping ragged handkerchief. Her hat is decorated wtih ostrich feathers, an emblematic reference Prince of Wales
Description: Title etched below image.
One line, paraphrased, a quotation from Otway's The orphan, Act I, below title: "Why was I born with all my sexes softness!!"
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 28.4 x 21.4 cm, on sheet 31 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures England 1798
Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Material: etching & aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685.
Subject (Topic): Crying
Subjects: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685
Crying
England > 1798
England > London > 1798

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