The r-l hen, and the dunghill cock [graphic].

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Title: The r-l hen, and the dunghill cock [graphic].
Alternative Title: Royal hen, and the dunghill cock
Contributor: Fairburn, John, 1768 or 1769-1832, publisher.
Published / Created: [November 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published November 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Abstract: George IV, with the body a rooster, stands on the "Green Bag" of evidence and looks back over his shoulder at the Queen; from his beak is a speech bubble reading "Rejected Bill," while an eagle with the words "Public Disapprobation" on its wings snatches the crown off his head. To the right of the king are two hens with human faces, likely representing George IV's mistresses. Queen Caroline, likewise with the body of a hen, stands triumphantly atop a pillar inscribed "The Law and the People"; she wears a crown and stands in a column of light that descends from the heavens. Two axes lean against the pillar, while the sword and scales of Justice rest at its base. Ships are seen sailing on the ocean in the background; the Royal Pavilion at Brighton is recognizable on the shore to the right
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted on leaf 10 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Date "Nov. 1820" written in ink 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 24.6 x 35.1 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English