"They have destroyed me" : a monody on her late Majesty Queen Caroline, who departed this life August 7, 1821, aged fifty-three

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Title
"They have destroyed me" : a monody on her late Majesty Queen Caroline, who departed this life August 7, 1821, aged fifty-three
Alternative Title
Monody on her late Majesty Queen Caroline ...
Published / Created
[1821]
Publication Place
London?
Publisher
publisher not identified
Description
Caption title.
Letterpress with woodcut illustration.
A illustrated broadside printed on silk.
With an image of a woman weeping at a tombstone enscribed with the words "Great Britain's Queen, the injured Caroline.
Around the border, following the title: Minister! go hang thyself in justice to mankind, for if after this, you die by the ordinary course of Nature, all honest men will be disgraced by sharing even a common death with you.
In verse.
First line: Hark! - whence proceeds that awful sound ...
In a contemporary (or early) gilt wood frame, 19 x 16 cm, hanging hook at top; likely framed for domestic display. For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance
Leo Cadogan; May 2018.
Extent
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : 13.3 x 10 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
53 C292 821b Framed, shelved in Object Room A:B

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Poetry
Cloth prints
Memorial works
Woodcuts England 1821
Poems 1821
Broadsides 1821
Material
1 woodcut ; and on silk.
Resource Type
text and still image
Subject (Name)
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic)
Death and burial
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Subjects
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Death and burial
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Poetry
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
England > 1821
1821

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
13630162
Object ID (OID)
16702976

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