A great family kicking up a great row, about a great woman for a great heir [graphic].

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Title: A great family kicking up a great row, about a great woman for a great heir [graphic].
Contributor: Fores, H., active 1820-1833, publisher.
Published / Created: July 30, 1820.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. by H. Fores, Panton St., Haymarket
Abstract: Depiction of George IV in a rage against family members (Frederick and William) who are unwilling to lend their support for his divorce from Caroline; he kicks a man (Bloomfield?) while pursuing his brothers, who are in uniform and seen fleeing on the right side of the design. Papers inscribed "Protocol" and "No devorce [sic]" fly in the air. A toppled chair rests on the floor to the left of the King; a bottle of wine falls off a table behind him, upon which fruit (including pineapples) rests. A John Bull figure watches the scene from the background on the left, an astonished look on his face
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
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 50 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figures of "Bloomfield," "P. Leopold," and "D. York" identified in ink at bottom of sheet; date "30 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 24.2 x 34.6 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English