Bat, Cat and Mat how happy could I be with either. [graphic]

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Title: Bat, Cat and Mat how happy could I be with either. [graphic]
Creator: Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, G., active approximately 1820, publisher.
Published / Created: June 1, 1821.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Abstract: Caricature with Queen Caroline with her arms linked to those of Bergami and her lawyer, as they step along the road between St Omer and Calais. The Queen wears a watch at her waist and two miniature portraits hang from cords at her bosom. In the background her coach awaits with a coachman in tall boots smiling at the scene. A re-issue with new background of a plate first published on 19 January 1821
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum online catalogue.
Reissue, with the plate extensively reworked; a new background and new borders have been added, the title and publication line have been re-etched, and slight changes to the figures have been made. For the earlier state, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1975,0118.30.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Jarndyce; March 2019.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 28.2 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1821
Etchings England London 1821
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove 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
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
Subject (Topic): Adultery
Caricatures
Carriages & coaches
Coach drivers
Lawyers
Miniatures (Paintings)
Traffic signs & signals
Subjects: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron > Caricatures and cartoons
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843 > Caricatures and cartoons
Adultery
Caricatures
Carriages & coaches
Coach drivers
Lawyers
Miniatures (Paintings)
Traffic signs & signals
England > 1821
England > London > 1821
19th century
Gee, Ernest R., 1878-1956 > Ownership
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 > Ms. notes
Gladstone, Robertson, 1805-1875 > Ownership

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