Books+ Search Results
The beggar's petition
Title
The beggar's petition [graphic] / I.R. Cruikshank fecit.
Publication
London : Published by J. Dawson, Camden Town, [approximately 1820]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 38 x 25 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title from letterpress text below image.
Date inferred from the depiction of Queen Caroline at Brandenburgh House, where she lived in 1820-21.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression at the Library of Congress, call number: PC 2 - Beggar's petition (A size) [P&P].
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Summary
Heading to a printed broadside that begins: "Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, whose worn-out limbs have borne him to your door ..." The King is shown as a haggard beggar, his clothes torn and a pack on his back. He holds out his inverted crown with his left hand, seeking donations; his right hand grasps the cane he is leaning on. The sign post behind him says "To Bradenburg [sic] House" and points to the right, the direction in which the King travels. Brandenburgh House is seen in the background on the right, the Queen looking sternly out the window at the disheveled King. A sign at the gate to the house says "Beware of steel traps and sping [sic] guns." In the left background is a smaller house labeled "The Cottage".
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 11, 2018
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1820.
Etchings - England - London - 1820.
Poems.
Broadsides.
Bookmark As
Citation
