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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
Indignation
Published
[London] : [Printed by and for William Hone, Ludgate-Hill], [1820]
wood engraving
95 x 85 mm
Peel 2076a
Notes
Printed below image: I am wrapp'd in dismal thinking !-- / The King, in All's well that ends well.
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).
Image has been trimmed to remove all text except the Shakespeare quotation.
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).
Image has been trimmed to remove all text except the Shakespeare quotation.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
King George IV, with closed eyes, sits huddled on a small throne, while a huge British Lion, with an angry roar, places one paw on a (green) bag, and another on two papers: "Milan Commission" and "Secret Comm[ittee]". Smoke puffs from the punctured bag.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Hone, William, 1780-1842, publisher.
Hone, William, 1780-1842. Queen's matrimonial ladder.
Hone, William, 1780-1842, publisher.
Hone, William, 1780-1842. Queen's matrimonial ladder.
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