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A king-fisher, and a water-wag-tail [graphic].

Published / Created:
[13 July 1826]
Call Number:
836.07.13.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A caricature of George IV fishing on Virginia Water, using his scepter as a rod, watched by a kingfisher and a wagtail. On the end of his line is a frog, which is being netted by Lady Conyngham, his mistress
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jul. 13, 1826, by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Windsor Castle,
Subject (Topic):
Lakes & ponds, Fishing, Scepters, Nets, Kingfishers, Birds, Frogs, Mistresses, and Castles & palaces
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A king-fisher, and a water-wag-tail [graphic].

2.
The celebrated Clark, exalted to the pulpit by the humility of a royal bishop [graphic].

Published / Created:
[22 April 1809]
Call Number:
53 C599 S809
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Clarke auctions commissions from a rostrum to a crowd of bidders, while the Duke of York acts as her clerk. All are unconscious of a net in which they are enclosed, and with which the Devil flies off into flames (right). Mrs. Clarke (right), in ...
Alternative Title:
Celebrated Clarke, exalted to the pulpit by the humility of a royal bishop
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 22nd April 1809 by J.H. Warl, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Political corruption, History, Sex, Political aspects, Corruption, Military officers, British, Auctions, Nets, and Devil
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The celebrated Clark, exalted to the pulpit by the humility of a royal bishop [graphic].