Rumping an illustrious personage!!, or, A courtly specimen of good manners vide 'The Times,' January 29th, 1821. [graphic]

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Title: Rumping an illustrious personage!!, or, A courtly specimen of good manners vide 'The Times,' January 29th, 1821. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Courtly specimen of good manners
Contributor: Fairburn, John, 1768 or 1769-1832, publisher.
Published / Created: [February 1821]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published February 1821 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Abstract: "The King turns his back on Prince Leopold, who departs, making an indignant speech. He bends graciously to a deputation from the Corporation of Dublin; the Lord Mayor [King, see British Museum Satires No. 14525] presents the 'Snug Ultra Loyal Address [see British Museum Satires No. 14105] of the City of Dub--.' See British Museum Satires No. 14114. 'The Times,' 29 Jan.: "At the private levée on Friday [26 Jan.] it was confidently said that an illustrious Prince was 'rumped' by an exalted personage." The Deputation from Dublin were received with affability; the Address was presented to the King on the throne on the 27th."--British Museum catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Watermark: J. Whatman 1820.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 56 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figures of "Sidmouth," "Londonderry," and "Prince Leopold" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet; date "Feb. 1821 [altered to '1827' in pencil]" written in ink beneath lower right corner of image. Typed extract of six lines 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 of 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 24.7 x 35.1 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English