A coronation stool [graphic].

Description

Title: A coronation stool [graphic].
Creator: Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher.
Published / Created: [not before 19 July 1821]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: G. Humphrey
Abstract: "The Queen sits in profile to the right on a huge crown, her left foot on a footstool. She partly hides her face ... behind a fan inscribed C; in her right hand is a handkerchief. She is fat, very décolletée ..., with monstrous ostrich feathers in her hair."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue.
Early state of a print published 21 July 1821 by G. Humphrey with the expanded title "A coronation stool, of repentance"; in addition to having a shorter title, this early state lacks the grimace on the Queen's face, the jewelry around her neck and on her hands, and the patterns on her dress and on the carpet beneath her. For the published state, see no. 14197 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Mounted on page 51 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 26.8 x 20 cm, on sheet 28.6 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1821
Etchings England London 1821
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic): Crowns
Fans (Accessories)
Feathers
Handkerchiefs
Obesity
Sitting
Stools
Subjects: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Crowns
Fans (Accessories)
Feathers
Handkerchiefs
Obesity
Sitting
Stools
England > 1821
England > London > 1821
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > Ownership

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