K-g Cupid in the corner playing bopeep [graphic]

Description

Title: K-g Cupid in the corner playing bopeep [graphic]
Alternative Title: King Cupid in the corner playing bopeep
Creator: Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
Contributor: Benbow, William, 1787-1864, publisher.
Published / Created: [16 September 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Sepr. 16, 1820, by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yd.
Abstract: "An imitation of British Museum Satires No. 13851, the lady being 'Mrs. Q.' The King hides from 'the Queenites'."--British Museum catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted on leaf 85 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Identification of "George IV" and incorrect identification of "Lady Conyngham" added in pencil at bottom of sheet. Typed extract of one line from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
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 : plate mark 37.8 x 26.3 cm, on sheet 38 x 26.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English