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George Cruikshank
Imputation / [G. Cruikshank].
Published
[London] : [Printed by and for William Hone, Ludgate-Hill], [1820]
wood engraving
3 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2074
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.
Trimmed, with quotation text and verse still attached.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
The Prince Regent, as a watchman with lantern and rattle, stands in a watch-house denouncing his wife, who stands behind a rail holding a paper inscribed "Defence" out to King George III, sitting in a hooded chair.
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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