First presentation of a Sussex Knight of the Shire, or, What a Cur-tis for ratting [graphic]

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Title: First presentation of a Sussex Knight of the Shire, or, What a Cur-tis for ratting [graphic]
Alternative Title: What a Cur-tis for ratting
What a Curtis for ratting
What a Curteis for ratting
Contributor: Cameron, G., active approximately 1820, artist.
Fores, R. A., active 1820-1822, publisher.
Published / Created: [1820 or 1821]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by R.A. Fores, 71 Leadenhall St., Aldgate
Abstract: "Caricature of a man bowing deeply before George IV, who sits surrounded by his cabinet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
A date of 1820 may be inferred from the depiction of Edward Jeremiah Curteis as a new M.P. for Sussex, a post to which he was elected in March 1820. A later date of 1821 is given in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,0119.349.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Mounted to 39 x 58 cm.
Mounted on leaf 4 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Sheet annotated in ink with the date "1820" following imprint, and with the biographical information "Edward Jeremiah Curteis M.P. for Sussex 1820, of Windmill HIll nr. Battle died 18 Mar. 1835" in lower left margin.
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 32.5 x 43.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English