Triumph of love and folly [graphic]
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33111820
Description
- Title
- Triumph of love and folly [graphic]
- Creator
- Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
- Contributor
- Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [24 April 1812]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Aprl. 24, 1812, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Abstract
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Print showing George IV being carried in a sedan chair by two men wearing judicial wigs and robes, one carries a sceptor; on the top of the chair sits Queen Caroline holding a noise maker, she tells the porters to "Keep joging, I'le be your Pilot, don't fear his Wakeing - I have Composed his Highness, I warrant you." George IV pours out the contents of a bottle labeled "opium" and on the ground next to the chair is a broken bottle also labeled "opium."
"Political satire: the Prince Regent carried in a chair by two judges, with Mrs Fitzherbert on the roof with two babies, followed by the cabinet."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Price one shilling coloured"--Lower right corner of image.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Imperfect; selected text erased from sheet, including publication date and some dialogue within speech bubble in upper right. - Provenance
- Grosvernor Prints; September 2023.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 23.5 x 34 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 824.04.24.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Cartoons (Commentary) British 1820
Etchings British Hand-colored 1820
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
London - Subject (Name)
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830,
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837 - Subject (Topic)
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Spouses
Sedan chairs
Mistresses
Judges
Scepters
Wigs
Bottles
Opium
Cupids
Infants
Bagpipes - Subjects
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Spouses > England > London > 1820
Sedan chairs > England > London > 1820
Mistresses
Judges
Scepters
Wigs
Bottles
Opium
Cupids
Infants
Bagpipes
British > 1820
British > Hand-colored > 1820
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16788081
- Object ID (OID)
- 33111820