A coronation stool, of repentance [graphic].

Description

Title: A coronation stool, of repentance [graphic].
Creator: Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, G., active approximately 1820, publisher.
Published / Created: July 19, 1821.
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Abstract: "The Queen sits in profile to the right on a huge crown, her left foot on a footstool. She partly hides her face and an ambiguous grimace behind a fan inscribed C; in her right hand is a handkerchief. She is fat, very décolletée, and bejewelled, with monstrous ostrich feathers in her hair."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins.
Provenance: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books; March 2020.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27 x 20 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1821
Etchings England London 1821
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper.
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
19th century
Gee, Ernest R., 1878-1956 > Ownership
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 > Ms. notes
Gladstone, Robertson, 1805-1875 > Ownership

Access: Public
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