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Creator:: Phillips, John, active 1825-1831, printmaker
Published / Created:: May 19, 1827.
Call Number:: 827.05.19.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "George IV, dressed as a magician, rises from the throne (right) to give a wooden sword to Canning, who is dressed as Harlequin. A clown (intended for Melville) turns his back on Canning and the King, to run off, registering anger and alarm. Wellingto...
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pub. by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Westmorland, John Fane, Earl of, 1784-1859
Subject (Topic):: Harlequin (Fictitious character), Thrones, Magicians, Clowns, Military uniforms, Daggers & swords, and Crutches
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Great political magician giving the wand of power to his cunning harlequin [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [23 January 1784]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "On the right is 'The old Building', an inn of old-fashioned construction with a projecting upper story and attic, representing Great Britain or the Constitution. On the left is the king, apparently asleep, driving off to Hanover in a coach with a cro...
Alternative Title:: View of the old house in Little Brittain and View of the old house in Little Britain
Description:: Title etched below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. Ian. 23, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Lee, John, 1733-1793, Mansfield, James, Sir, 1733-1821, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government, Taverns (Inns), Foxes, Clowns, and Carriages & coaches
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The times, or, A view of the old house in Little Brittain with nobody going to Hannover. [graphic]