An epitome of the ultra loyal addresses, or, Speech for speech see Mr. Marsh's speech at the Berkshire meeting. [graphic]

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Title: An epitome of the ultra loyal addresses, or, Speech for speech see Mr. Marsh's speech at the Berkshire meeting. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Speech for speech
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [6 February 1821]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Feb. 6th, 1821, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic]
Abstract: "Caricature of a group of clerics presenting obsequiously a long scroll with an address to George IV who stands before the throne."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Eight lines of verse etched below title: God bless the King, God bless the cunning harlot; God bless the guards, God bless their coats of scarlet ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted on leaf 53 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Date "6 Feb. 1821" written in ink in lower right corner of sheet.
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 34.9 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 35.3 x 25.1 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English