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.
Provenance: From the collection of David Beazley.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 23.2 x 34.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English