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Robert Cruikshank
1789-1856
The beggar's petition / I.R. Cruikshank fecit.
London : Published by J. Dawson, Camden Town, [1820?]
etching, hand colored
image: 182 x 236 mm; sheet: 409 x 261 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.498
Notes
Broadside with etching at head and letterpress text in two columns beneath; first line: Pity the sorrows of a poor old man.
No plate mark visible.
A parody of the poem of the same title by Thomas Moss.
No plate mark visible.
A parody of the poem of the same title by Thomas Moss.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows George IV as a beggar in rags approaching the gate of a house identified by a fingerpost as Bradenburg House. He holds out his crown in supplication while the figure of Queen Caroline regards him from a window. A sign posted at the gate reads: Beware of Steel Traps and Spring Guns.
Associated names
Dawson, J., publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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