"Caricature in two scenes, one with Queen Caroline receiving loyal addresses, the other with a grave-digger presenting a text to George IV sailing on his ship with Lady Conyngham."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. October 1820 by T. Dolby, 299 Strand
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Kneeling, Yachts, Rowboats, Gravedigging, Pickaxes, Flags, and Public opinion
"Pitt as the modern Egbert (king of the West Saxons, d. 839) is rowed by four kings, and tows behind him a small boat in which the Prince of Wales is seated, his wrists and ankles chained. Pitt, who steers, is seated high in the stern of the 'Treasury...
Alternative Title:
King of kings
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Charles Bronwn [sic], Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806
"Pitt as the modern Egbert (king of the West Saxons, d. 839) is rowed by four kings, and tows behind him a small boat in which the Prince of Wales is seated, his wrists and ankles chained. Pitt, who steers, is seated high in the stern of the 'Treasury...
Alternative Title:
King of kings
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Charles Bronwn [sic], Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, and Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806
