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Triumph of love and folly

Title
Triumph of love and folly [graphic] / E-s [Elmes].
Publication
London : Pubd. Aprl. 24, 1812, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, [24 April 1812]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 23.5 x 34 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Price one shilling coloured"--Lower right corner of image.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Summary
Print showing George IV being carried in a sedan chair by two men wearing judicial wigs and robes, one carries a sceptor; on the top of the chair sits Queen Caroline holding a noise maker, she tells the porters to "Keep joging, I'le be your Pilot, don't fear his Wakeing - I have Composed his Highness, I warrant you." George IV pours out the contents of a bottle labeled "opium" and on the ground next to the chair is a broken bottle also labeled "opium."
"Political satire: the Prince Regent carried in a chair by two judges, with Mrs Fitzherbert on the roof with two babies, followed by the cabinet."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 03, 2023
Genre/Form
Cartoons (Commentary) - British - 1820.
Etchings - British - Hand-colored - 1820.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1820.
Etchings - England - London - 1820.
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