Female intrepidity!!, or, The infamous proposal rejected "A house divided against itself cannot stand" / [graphic]

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Title: Female intrepidity!!, or, The infamous proposal rejected "A house divided against itself cannot stand" / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Infamous proposal rejected
Contributor: Fairburn, John, 1768 or 1769-1832, publisher.
Published / Created: [13 June 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published June 13th, 1820, by J. Fairburn, 2 Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Abstract: "Caroline rejects 'the bribe' (see British Museum Statires No. 13730), protected by John Bull, Sandy, and Pat. The King, with his mistress, tramples on Religeon, Decency, &c. In a picture of Jupiter and Europa the naked Queen (presumably) rides a bull (J.B.)."--British Museum catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Artist and printmaker unidentified.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in partial loss of statement of responsibility and complete loss of imprint statement. Missing text supplied from the British Museum catalogue.
Window mounted to 23.5 x 33.7 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 18 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Identifications in ink of the real figures of "Sidmouth," "Londondery [sic]," "Lady Conyngham," "Geo. IV," and "Caroline" added at bottom of sheet; these are followed by the names of the stereotypical representations of "Ireland," "England," and "Scotland." Date "11 June 1820" written in lower right. Typed extract of three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Provenance: Sold by London's Dulau and Company to the New York City bookseller Ernest R. Gee in 1928. Earlier ownership by W.E. Gladstone is suggested by a manuscript note from Dulau formerly laid into the front the first volume (now in the object file), which states that "These came from the Gladstone Library at Court Hey, Broad Green. The manuscript notes written below the caricatures are in the handwriting of W.E. Gladstone." William Reese Company; February 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 22.4 x 32.6 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English