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- Creator:
- Elmes, William, active 1797-1820, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 April 1812]
- Call Number:
- 824.04.24.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print showing George IV being carried in a sedan chair by two men wearing judicial wigs and robes, one carries a sceptor; on the top of the chair sits Queen Caroline holding a noise maker, she tells the porters to "Keep joging, I'le be your Pilot, don't fear his Wakeing - I have Composed his Highness, I warrant you." George IV pours out the contents of a bottle labeled "opium" and on the ground next to the chair is a broken bottle also labeled "opium." and "Political satire: the Prince Regent carried in a chair by two judges, with Mrs Fitzherbert on the roof with two babies, followed by the cabinet."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price one shilling coloured"--Lower right corner of image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Imperfect; selected text erased from sheet, including publication date and some dialogue within speech bubble in upper right.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Aprl. 24, 1812, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830,, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821,, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
- Subject (Topic):
- Spouses, Sedan chairs, Mistresses, Judges, Scepters, Wigs, Bottles, Opium, Cupids, Infants, and Bagpipes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Triumph of love and folly [graphic]