Which is the dirtiest so foul the stains will be indelible. [graphic]

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Title: Which is the dirtiest so foul the stains will be indelible. [graphic]
Creator: Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [5 September 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Sep. 5th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Abstract: "The King (right) and Queen (left) hurl mud at each other. By the former (who wears jack-boots) is a bucket of 'Italian Filth' [see British Museum Satires No. 13762, &c.]; the Queen's (similar) bucket is inscribed 'Filth from St Giles's, St James, Portman Sqr, Hamilton Place [the Conynghams' address, see British Museum Satires No. 13847] &c &c &c.'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on page 28 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 23.4 x 33.7 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Watermarks (Paper) G. Pike 1820
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron.
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861.
Subject (Topic): Adultery
Mud
Throwing
Pails
Subjects: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
Adultery
Mud
Throwing
Pails
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
19th century
G. Pike > 1820
Gee, Ernest R., 1878-1956 > Ownership
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 > Ms. notes
Gladstone, Robertson, 1805-1875 > Ownership
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > Ownership

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