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George Cruikshank
Qualification / [G. Cruikshank].
Published
[London] : [Printed by and for William Hone, Ludgate-Hill], [1820]
wood engraving
5 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2073
Notes
Detached from The Queen's matrimonial ladder : a national toy with fourteen step scenes and illustrations in verse, with eighteen other cuts (London: William Hone, 1820).
Trimmed, with quotation text and verse still attached.
An adaptation of Gillray's "A Voluptuary under the horrors of Digestion."
Trimmed, with quotation text and verse still attached.
An adaptation of Gillray's "A Voluptuary under the horrors of Digestion."
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
The Prince Regent lolls back in a tipsy stupor, broken wine glass in his hand.
Associated names
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, engraver.
Hone, William, 1780-1842, publisher.
Hone, William, 1780-1842. Queen's matrimonial ladder.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Hone, William, 1780-1842, publisher.
Hone, William, 1780-1842. Queen's matrimonial ladder.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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