Royal amusement, or, Nature will prevail!! [graphic]Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker[not before 1 January 1808]eng"A countryman (right) in a smock and his wife (left) sit by a table on which is a frothing jug and two full tumblers. She reads the newspaper, and looks up to say: "Why this Bonny-part be making Kings every-day - I should not wonder if thee wast in France, if he made a King of thee John - what wouldst thee do if thee wast a King?" He answers: "Do -! Why I'd swing on a gate and eat fat Bacon all the day long." He is a broad shock-headed fellow, seated with legs astride, a hand on each knee, a smoking pipe in his right. hand. A blazing fire burns in the grate."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Date has been mostly burnished from imprint, leaving a gap between "... Published 1" and "by Thos. Tegg, Cheapside." Date of publication from Krumbhaar, who seems to describe an earlier state with intact imprint statement. A date of 1807 is suggested in the British Museum catalogue.Plate numbered "130" in upper right corner.Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2.Also issued separately."Price one shilling."--Lower right corner of design.