The Queen and the dragon, a model for a new sovereign, for 1821 recommended to the Master of the Mint. [graphic]

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Title: The Queen and the dragon, a model for a new sovereign, for 1821 recommended to the Master of the Mint. [graphic]
Contributor: Fairburn, John, 1768 or 1769-1832, publisher.
Published / Created: [January 1821]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published January 1821 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Abstract: In a large circle at center is Queen Caroline, dressed as Britannia and riding a horse that tramples a four-headed dragon lying on its back on the ground; the dragon has the human heads of the George IV and his ministers. The Queen, wearing armor and a helmet topped with a crown, shoves a long pike into the mouth of Liverpool; Castlereagh's head has been decapitated, Sidmouth's head has its eyes closed and seems to be unconscious, and the King's head looks on in horror. The border of the large circle reads "Carolina D.G. Britaniarum Regina" and a buckle at the bottom reveals it to be a belt. Four smaller circles in the corners of the design are labeled "Britannia," "Hibernia," "Cambria," and "Caledonia," and they contain symbols representing each region
Description: Title etched below image.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Watermark: J. Whatman 1820.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted on leaf 47 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figures of "Liverpool," "Geo. IV," "Londondery [sic]," and "Sidmouth" identified in ink below image; date "Jan. 1821" 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 : plate mark 24.5 x 34.7 cm, on sheet 24.9 x 35.2 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English