Polonius the tallest, fittest, properest [sic] man to walk before the King!!! / [graphic]

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Title: Polonius the tallest, fittest, properest [sic] man to walk before the King!!! / [graphic]
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [7 November 1795]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Novr. 7, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Abstract: The Marquis of Salisbury, holding a long wand of office and wearing military uniform (colonel of Hertfordshire Militia), with a plumed cap and spurred boots, walks stiffly in profile to the left, his coat-tails flying out behind him. His gold key of office (Lord Charmberlain of the Household) is hung to a blue ribbon which crosses his shoulder. Above his left boot is a garter inscribed 'Hone' [sic]. He is caricatured, and has a long projecting nose. Below the title: 'The Tallest, Fittest, Properest Man to walk before the King!!!" See the British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Watermark: J Whatman
Printseller's stamp in lower right corner of plate: S.W.F.
Provenance: Suckling.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 40 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Etchings England London 1795
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman
Booksellers' stamps (Provenance) S. W. Fores
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823
Subject (Topic): Military uniforms
British
Subjects: Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823 > Caricatures and cartoons
Military uniforms > British
England > 1795
England > London > 1795
J Whatman
S. W. Fores

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