Caroline's wood-en broom to sweep the filthy committee room [graphic].

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Title: Caroline's wood-en broom to sweep the filthy committee room [graphic].
Alternative Title: Caroline's Wood-en Brougham to sweep the filthy committee room
Caroline's wooden broom to sweep the filthy committee room
Caroline's wooden Brougham to sweep the filthy committee room
Contributor: Fairburn, John, 1768 or 1769-1832, publisher.
Published / Created: [July 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published July 1820 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Abstract: "Caricature with Caroline and Brougham with a broom standing accusing the Committee who cower back."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image; the second letter "o" in "broom" is scored through and the letters "ugha" inserted above the line with a caret, forming the name "Brougham."
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 31 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figures of "Brougham," "Wood," "Caroline," "Sidmouth," and "Liverpool" identified in pencil in lower margin; date "July 1820" written in ink in lower right.
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 23.9 x 34.6 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English