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1. A leap year drawing room, or, The pleasures of petticoat government [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [June 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print showing George IV dressed as a woman sitting in a parlor greeting his female guests, one guest kneeling on a cushion and kissing his hand may be Lady Conyngham
- Alternative Title:
- Pleasures of petticoat government
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Robert Cruikshank; see description of later state in the British Museum online catalogue., For a later state with several speech bubbles added to the design, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1975,0621.13., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Window mounted to 27.7 x 38.6 cm, the whole then mounted to 39 x 58 cm., Mounted on leaf 20 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Date "June 1820" written in ink in lower right corner of window mount.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. June 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cross dressing, Politics & government, Drawing rooms, Clothing & dress, Cushions, and Kneeling
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A leap year drawing room, or, The pleasures of petticoat government [graphic]
