A king-fisher, and a water-wag-tail [graphic].

Description

Title: A king-fisher, and a water-wag-tail [graphic].
Contributor: Fairburn, John, 1768 or 1769-1832, publisher.
Published / Created: [13 July 1826]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jul. 13, 1826, by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Abstract: A caricature of George IV fishing on Virginia Water, using his scepter as a rod, watched by a kingfisher and a wagtail. On the end of his line is a frog, which is being netted by Lady Conyngham, his mistress
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom.
Another version, probably a copy, of a print published June 1826 by S.W. Fores with the shorter title "A king-fisher"; see no. 15137 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10.
Fairburn published a similar print two months earlier (May 1826), entitled "A king-fisher" and depicting the king fishing alone; see no. 15126 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Laid down on card.
Provenance: From the collection of David Beazley. Grosvenor Prints; September 2023.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 23.2 x 34.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English