"Caricature on George IV, seated on his throne, to whom John Bull presents the Queen's letter."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Printmaker's name in statement of responsibility in the form of a monogrammatic device formed by the letters "SV" followed by a depiction of an owl and the letters "es"., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pubd. 29 Augt. 1820 by one of the Society for Exposing of Vice
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, John Bull (Symbolic character), and Thrones
"Caricature on George IV, seated on his throne, to whom John Bull presents the Queen's letter."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Printmaker's name in statement of responsibility in the form of a monogrammatic device formed by the letters "SV" followed by a depiction of an owl and the letters "es"., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 23.4 x 33 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 76 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "29 Aug. 1820" written in ink in lower right corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. 29 Augt. 1820 by one of the Society for Exposing of Vice
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, John Bull (Symbolic character), and Thrones
