"Political satire: two registers recording the road from the 'Gate of Reform' over the 'Colonnade of Constituional Loyalty' to the 'Pleasure Grounds'."--British Museum online catalogue
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Publish'd May 12, 1809 by Thos. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside
"Two men lie in the small truckle-beds (i.e., trundle bed) of a cheap lodging-house, one (left) asleep. An old woman holding a candle kneels at the foot of the other bed, and tugs at the wooden leg of its occupant. She says: "There is nothing like loo...
"Two men lie in the small truckle-beds (i.e., trundle bed) of a cheap lodging-house, one (left) asleep. An old woman holding a candle kneels at the foot of the other bed, and tugs at the wooden leg of its occupant. She says: "There is nothing like loo...
Alternative Title:
Careful landlady
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Pubd. May [10th, 1809, by] Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
"The Duke of York lies on the ground, between two lawyers (probably Gibbs (left) and Adam), all prone but supported on their elbows; their heads and those of two other persons dimly seen behind them support a massive pyramid of rectangular blocks of s...
Alternative Title:
The modern Babel, or giants crushed by a weight of evidence
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Title from caption below item.
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Pubd. April 11th, 1809 by Thos. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
"A lion with the profile of the Duke of York rests his forepaws on the bank of a pool in which his hindquarters are submerged. He looks towards three asses (left) who flourish their heels at him, kicking viciously. They say (left to right) Now brother...
Alternative Title:
Ungratefull jack asses
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Title from caption below item.
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Pubd. by S.W. Fores No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852, and Great Britain. Parliament.
"A pretty girl reclines on a sloping hayfield, a broken pitcher at her feet; a handome young haymaker points to the pitcher. Sixteen lines of verse are sung by 'sly Barney M'Cleary'. They end: For very soon after poor Kitty's disaster, The Devil a pit...
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Title from text printed in letterpress below image.
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Publish'd Apr. 4, 1809, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"An irregular pyramidal erection is based on a solid block of stone, inscribed: The Foundation York Folly! On this rests a damaged block of similar shape more dilapidated and rather smaller: Crackd Portland Stone [see British Museum Satires No. 10716]...
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Title etched below image.
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Pubd. April 4th, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827., Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852., and Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833.
"The Duke of York (right), blowing a horn, sits in the boot of a coach driven by a lawyer, probably William Adam (left), who says: I thought we should bring him through. On the roof is a bush supporting a placard: Acquitted Glorious Majority of 82. In...
Alternative Title:
Triumph of innocence
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Pubd. March 30th, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852, and Adam, William, 1751-1839