Mother Cole [graphic].

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Title: Mother Cole [graphic].
Creator: Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, G., active approximately 1820, publisher.
Published / Created: July 26, 1821.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Abstract: Caricature of Queen Caroline, bedraggled and drunk as she sits slouched in an arm chair, her foot resting on a stool; she wears a hat with three ostrich feathers and around her neck hangs a small portrait (indistinct image) and holds a large glass of brandy while a servant (Alderman Wood wearing the fur-trimmed robes), his eyes cross-eyed, stands beside the chair in attendance with a decanter in hand
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum online catalogue.
Digit "6" in day of publication "26" in imprint is etched backwards.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Four lines of verse in two columns below title: To brandy I flew to seek relief, but he's ne'er the less before me, ah no, no, no, brandy cannot cure, the pains I endure for Bergami.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: J. Whatman 1821.
Provenance: Jarndyce; March 2019.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 30.3 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1821
Etchings England London 1821
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1821
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material: etching with stipple and roulette ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
Subject (Topic): Chairs
Alcoholic beverages
Intoxication
Subjects: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843 > Caricatures and cartoons
Chairs
Alcoholic beverages
Intoxication
England > 1821
England > London > 1821
J. Whatman > 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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