Men and measures [graphic].

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Title: Men and measures [graphic].
Creator: Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Contributor: Drake, G., active 1832-1836, publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1833]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Abstract: The Queen, on the King's shoulders, reviews in an authoritarian way her chosen ministers; each minister is identifiable by a ludicrous attribute
Description: Title from text below image.
Attributed to Charles Jameson Grant in the British Museum online catalogue.
Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue.
Wood engraving with letterpress text.
Text below title: Addle-head reviewing her chosen ministry a-la-German.
1 print : wood engraving on wove paper ; sheet 27 x 42 cm.
Imperfect; mutilated on bottom edge with partial loss of imprint.
No. 51 in a collection bound in blue wrappers.
Provenance: Maggs Bros.; November 2015.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 28.2 x 45 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1833
Wood engravings
Material: wood engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849
Subjects: William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1833

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