The man wot drives the sovereign [graphic]

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Title: The man wot drives the sovereign [graphic]
Creator: Phillips, John, active 1825-1831, printmaker
Contributor: King, E., active 1819-1831, publisher.
Published / Created: April 1829.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by E. King, Chancery-Lane
Abstract: A satire on the Duke's pressure on the King to accept Emancipation. Wellington stands in profile to the right, dressed as the driver of a mail-coach, holding his whip and (as way-bill) a paper resembling the 'Gazette', headed 'Bill' [i.e. for Catholic Relief]. His (gloved) left hand touches the broad brim of his hat. He wears a triple-caped greatcoat, tight at the waist, over tightly strapped white trousers, and is smart and erect
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate signed using an imitation of William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella.
A close copy, apparently by 'Sharpshooter' (i.e. John Phillips), of a print by William Heath. See British Museum catalogue.
Mounted on gray wove paper: 43.4 x 29.7 cm.
Provenance: Purchased from Grosvenor Prints; June 2017.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 34.4 x 25 cm, on sheet 43 x 29.3 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Political cartoons England 1829
Etchings England London 1829
Artists' devices
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Subject (Name): George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic): Catholic emancipation
Coach drivers
Newspapers
Whips
Subjects: George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Catholic emancipation > Great Britain
Coach drivers
Newspapers
Whips
England > 1829
England > London > 1829

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