Absolute wisdom, or, Queen's owl taken from a wood / [graphic]

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Title: Absolute wisdom, or, Queen's owl taken from a wood / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Queen's owl
Creator: Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, artist, printmaker
Contributor: Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1820]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: Richard Dighton
Abstract: Caricature of Alderman Wood with the body of an owl, his head nearly in profile to the right
Description: Title etched below image.
Statement of responsibility etched in lower right corner of image.
Date inferred from timing of Wood's service as advisor to Queen Caroline, which began upon the Queen's return to England in 1820.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
For a copy of this design, published 23 October 1820 by S.W. Fores with the title "An emblem of wisdom made of wood", see no. 13899 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. See also: British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,0119.97.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Mounted on page 26 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26.3 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Subject (Name): Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
Subject (Topic): Politicians
Owls
Caricatures
Subjects: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843 > Caricatures and cartoons
Politicians > England
Owls
Caricatures
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > Ownership

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