The beggar's petition [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The beggar's petition [graphic]
- Creator
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1820]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published by J. Dawson, Camden Town
- Abstract
-
Heading to a printed broadside that begins: "Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, whose worn-out limbs have borne him to your door ..." The King is shown as a haggard beggar, his clothes torn and a pack on his back. He holds out his inverted crown with his left hand, seeking donations; his right hand grasps the cane he is leaning on. The sign post behind him says "To Bradenburg [sic] House" and points to the right, the direction in which the King travels. Brandenburgh House is seen in the background on the right, the Queen looking sternly out the window at the disheveled King. A sign at the gate to the house says "Beware of steel traps and sping [sic] guns." In the left background is a smaller house labeled "The Cottage".
- Description
-
Title from letterpress text below image.
Date inferred from the depiction of Queen Caroline at Brandenburgh House, where she lived in 1820-21.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression at the Library of Congress, call number: PC 2 - Beggar's petition (A size) [P&P].
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Mounted on page 39 of: George Humphrey shop album. - Provenance
- Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 38 x 25 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Page 39. George Humphrey shop album.
- Collection/Other Creator
- Humphrey, G., 1773-1831?, collector.
- Collection Date
- [London], [not after 1821]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Poems
Broadsides - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Brandenburgh House (London, England), - Subject (Topic)
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Beggars
Crowns
Staffs (Sticks)
Traffic signs & signals
Houses
Gates
Signs (Notices) - Subjects
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Brandenburgh House (London, England)
Beggars
Crowns
Staffs (Sticks)
Traffic signs & signals
Houses
Gates
Signs (Notices)
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13881281
- Object ID (OID)
- 16817008