"Caricature on George IV who looks with horror at a projection on the wall from a magic lantern of a vision of the future with soldiers fighting an insurrection and politicians hanging from a lamp-post."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peep in the magic lanthorn and Peep in the magic lantern
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 1820 by Dolby, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
"Burke (three quarter length) as a showman bends over his magic lantern in profile to the right. In the upper part of the design is a draped sheet on which are the objects thrown by the lantern. These are (left to right): [1] an oddly shaped elephant ...
Description:
Title etched in bottom part of image.
Publisher:
Publd. 6th May 1788 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Oudh (Princely State)
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
