The phantom!!, or, Prosecutor of Her Majesty [graphic].

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Title: The phantom!!, or, Prosecutor of Her Majesty [graphic].
Alternative Title: Prosecutor of Her Majesty
Contributor: Fairburn, John, 1768 or 1769-1832, publisher.
Published / Created: [October 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published October 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London
Abstract: "Death, a skeleton with the head of the King, crowned and wearing royal robes, stands full face; in the right hand he holds up a paper: 'Pains and Penalties'; in the left hand is a javelin. Round the left leg coils a serpent, in place of the Garter, inscribed 'Honi Pense'. Under the left foot is a paper: 'Divorce'. The figure is framed by heavy clouds, from which dart lightning flashes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Two lines of quoted text below title: "What seemed his head, the likeness of a kingly crown had on? Who shrouds this mysterious being, this retiring phantom, this uncertain shape?" Mr. Brougham, vide Times Octr. 20th.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on page 36 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 34.4 x 24.2 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Soft-ground etchings England London 1820
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material: etching and soft-ground etching ; and wove paper 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.
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868.
Subject (Topic): Death (Personification)
Skeletons
Crowns
Robes
Spears
Snakes
Lightning
Subjects: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Death (Personification)
Skeletons
Crowns
Robes
Spears
Snakes
Lightning
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
19th century
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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