A caricature of Queen Caroline embracing her lover Bartolomeo Bergami
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath; see Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue registration no.: 1949,1008.49., Probably a later state, with the text "Le cannon est en bas" added at end of title. For a variant state lacking this text, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 820.08.28.01+., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 28, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.