The cad to the man wot drives the sovereign [graphic]

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Title: The cad to the man wot drives the sovereign [graphic]
Creator: Heath, William, 1795-1840
Contributor: McLean, T. publisher.
Published / Created: [April 1829]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Pub. April 1829 by T. McFat, 26 Straw-market [i.e. T. McLean, 26 Haymarket]
Abstract: "Peel stands directed to the left holding a dome-shaped wire cage containing rats; his left hand is on his hip. He wears a small battered hat, once a topper, a collar and stock, patched greatcoat with sheepskin collar and many pockets; loose boots to the calf. A document projects from his coat-tail pocket. Above his head: 'I turns my hand to any thing now I ketches Rats like winking.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate signed in bottom left-hand corner using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella.
Cf. Heath, W. The man wot drives the sovereign, which shows Wellington as a coach driver, also publisher in 1829 by MacLean.
Provenance: Purchased from Grosvenor Prints; June 2017.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 34.5 x 25 cm, on sheet 39 x 28 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 IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850
Subject (Topic): Catholic emancipation
Animal traps
Newspapers
Ratcatchers
Subjects: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 > Caricatures and cartoons
Catholic emancipation > Great Britain
Animal traps
Newspapers
Ratcatchers
England > 1829
England > London > 1829

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