The happy couple, or, A visit to Cheltenham [graphic]

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Title: The happy couple, or, A visit to Cheltenham [graphic]
Alternative Title: Visit to Cheltenham
Creator: Barlow, J., printmaker
Published / Created: [26 July 1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd as the act directs, July 26 1788, by E. Rich, No. 55, Fleet-Street
Abstract: King George III and his wife Queen Charlotte are shown as a farmer and his wife riding on a tired-looking horse on the road to the spa Cheltenham as indicated by the milestone. In the distance is a castle
Description: Title engraved above image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Two columns of verses printed in letterpress below image, entitled: The royal ramble, or, A visit to Cheltenham spa.
Mounted to 37 x 26 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; Dec. 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 16.9 x 14.1 cm, on sheet 34 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1788
Etchings England London 1788
Songs
Broadsides
Material: etching with stipple ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Subjects: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1788
England > London > 1788

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