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- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 February 1820]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 27. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- George IV, looking into a full length mirror, is startled by the sight of the likeness of his estranged wife, Caroline looking back at him over the shoulder of his reflection in the mirror. He wears a crown, his coronet and feathers discarded on the floor beside him. The carpet, chair, and table-cloth are decorated with the Royal Arms
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 27 of: George Humphrey shop album., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 32.9 x 23.5 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 11, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly, London
- 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):
- Marriage, Mirrors, and Rugs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Reflection to be, or not to be? [graphic]