Harry the Eighth's address to his Parliament, on the subject of being divorced [graphic].

Description

Title: Harry the Eighth's address to his Parliament, on the subject of being divorced [graphic].
Contributor: Fairburn, John, 1768 or 1769-1832, publisher.
Published / Created: [15 June 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published June 15th, 1820, by J. Fairburn, 2, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Abstract: "Caricature on George IV in the costume of Henry VIII addressing Parliament on one side while the Queen and her supporters stand on the other."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 22 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Manuscript date "1 June 1820" written in ink in lower right corner.
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 24 x 34.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English