The Queen's [graphic].

Description

Title: The Queen's [graphic].
Alternative Title: Queen's ass
Creator: Kingsbury, Henry, active 1775-1804, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [17 April 1787]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub'd April 17, 1787 by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Abstract: A Prince of Wales holds his hat and a tasselled cane in his left hand while his rightt hand is in the pocket of the breeches pocket. His coat, breeches, waistcoat, and stockings are all striped, alluding to the picture of a braying zebra on the wall behind him and above a settee. A zebra belonging to his mother, Queen Charlotte, was referred to as "the Queen's ass", and her affection for the Prince was well-known
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Walter Schatzki; February 1961;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 293 x 226 mm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1787
Etchings England London 1787
Material: etching with stipple ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Zebras
Subjects: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Zebras
England > 1787
England > London > 1787

Access: Public
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