Falstaff and his ragged regiment, or, The witnesses arrived [graphic].

Description

Title: Falstaff and his ragged regiment, or, The witnesses arrived [graphic].
Alternative Title: Witnesses arrived
Contributor: Fores, H., active 1820-1833, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 June 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. June 20, 1820, by H. Fores, 16 Panton Str., Haymarket
Abstract: "Satire on the royal divorce: George IV as Falstaff in armour facing a motley assemblage of testifers."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Sold by London's Dulau and Company to the New York City bookseller Ernest R. Gee in 1928. Earlier ownership by W.E. Gladstone is suggested by a manuscript note from Dulau formerly laid into the front the first volume (now in the object file), which states that "These came from the Gladstone Library at Court Hey, Broad Green. The manuscript notes written below the caricatures are in the handwriting of W.E. Gladstone."
Extent: 1 print : sheet 23.2 x 34 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English