A royal salute [graphic].

Description

Title: A royal salute [graphic].
Creator: Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [28 August 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Aug. 28, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Abstract: A caricature of Queen Caroline embracing her lover Bartolomeo Bergami
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum online catalogue.
Probably an early state. For a variant state with the text "Le cannon est en bas" following title, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1949,1008.49.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Jewelry: Male earring.
Watermark: Weatherley & Lane 1818.
Embossed stamp of publisher in lower right of sheet: S.W.F.
Sheet numbered '232' in ink, top center.
Provenance: Caricatures II;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24.8 x 35.1 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Embossed stamps
Watermarks (Paper) Weatherley & Lane 1818
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic): Kissing
Adultery
Subjects: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron > Caricatures and cartoons
Kissing
Adultery
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
Weatherley & Lane > 1818

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