The song of Sid [graphic]

Description

Title: The song of Sid [graphic]
Creator: Marks, John Lewis, printmaker
Contributor: Benbow, William, 1787-1864, publisher.
Published / Created: [1820?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by Benbow, No. 269 Strand
Abstract: "Heading to printed verses. Sidmouth, an old woman, nurses George IV, a whiskered infant (see British Museum Satires No. 13764)."--British Museum catalogue
Description: Title printed in letterpress beneath image.
Date assigned by cataloger.
Imprint statement etched in lower margin of plate. Additional imprint in letterpress at bottom of sheet, followed by price statement: Printed and published by W. Benbow, 269, Strand. -- Price one shilling.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides.
Twelve stanzas of verse in two columns beneath title, printed in letterpress: Who taught thee to abuse thy wife, Who made up all this trying fuss, And who conspired to take her life-- Thy Nurse. ...
Watermark: D. & A. Cowan 1819.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted on leaf 63 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figures of "Sidmouth" and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image.
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." William Reese Company; February 2024.
Extent: 1 print : image 17.8 x 21.9 cm, on sheet 41.7 x 23.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English