The triumph of innocence!, or, The British Amazon vanquishing her enemies [graphic]

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Title: The triumph of innocence!, or, The British Amazon vanquishing her enemies [graphic]
Alternative Title: British Amazon vanquishing her enemies
Creator: Vowles, S., active 1820-1825, printmaker
Contributor: Fairburn, John, 1768 or 1769-1832, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 July 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 1st July 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Abstract: "Caricature on Queen Charlotte holding a torch of Virtue and Innocence while her enemies cower in its light."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Printmaker's name in statement of responsibility in the form of a monogrammatic device formed by the letters "SV" followed by a depiction of an owl and the letters "es".
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 30 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figures of "Geo. IV" and "Caroline" identified in black ink below image; date "1 July 1820" written 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 21 x 35.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English