Reflection to be, or not to be? [graphic]

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Title: Reflection to be, or not to be? [graphic]
Creator: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher
Published / Created: [11 February 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Feby. 11, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly, London
Abstract: George IV, looking into a full length mirror, is startled by the sight of the likeness of his estranged wife, Caroline looking back at him over the shoulder of his reflection in the mirror. He wears a crown, his coronet and feathers discarded on the floor beside him. The carpet, chair, and table-cloth are decorated with the Royal Arms
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted on page 27 of: George Humphrey shop album.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 32.9 x 23.5 cm.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge.
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 34 x 23.3 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Watermarks (Paper) Weatherley & Lane 1818
Material: etching, hand-colored ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic): Marriage
Mirrors
Rugs
Subjects: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Marriage
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Marriage
Mirrors
Rugs
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
Weatherley & Lane > 1818
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > Ownership
Gee, Ernest R., 1878-1956 > Ownership
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 > Ms. notes
Gladstone, Robertson, 1805-1875 > Ownership

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