The Royal George afloat, or, Tom Tough in high glee a new song - tune - "My name d'ye see's Tom Tough" / [graphic]
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Lewis Walpole Library > The Royal George afloat, or, Tom Tough in high glee a new song - tune - "My name d'ye see's Tom Tough" / [graphic]
Description
- Title
- The Royal George afloat, or, Tom Tough in high glee a new song - tune - "My name d'ye see's Tom Tough" / [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Tom Tough in high glee
- Creator
- Marks, John Lewis, printmaker
- Contributor
- Marks, John Lewis, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [approximately September 1820]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed and published by J.L. Marks, 37, Princes-Street, Soho; and 23, Fetter-Lane, Fleet-Street
- Abstract
-
"Heading to a broadside printed in two columns. The King and Mrs. Nash, a very fat lady, sit facing each other, and kissing, on two chairs in the saloon of the royal yacht. He is in shirt and breeches, with dangling braces, she is elegantly dressed. He says: "I have great pleasure in visiting this part of my dominions." At his feet is a paper: 'The Loyal address of Cows.' Decanter, overturned goblet, and wine-cooler, are the chief objects in the room. In an adjacent room, partly concealed by a curtain, is seen the royal bed. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title printed in letterpress below image.
Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue.
Six numbered stanzas of verse in two columns beneath title, printed in letterpress: I. My name is Royal G-ge, I have seen a little service, Where pleasure like the Thames has its tide of ebb and flow ...
Price statement following imprint: -- Price 1s. coloured.
Watermark: J. Budgen 1819.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted on leaf 68 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figures of "Geo. IV" and "Mrs. Nash" identified in ink below image. Typed extract of eight lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print. - 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 17.1 x 21.9 cm, on sheet 39.8 x 23.4 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Broadsides
Songs
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Watermarks (Paper) J. Budgen 1819 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Nash, Mary Anne, -1851 - Subject (Topic)
-
Interiors
Yachts
Chairs
Obesity
Kissing
Wine
Drinking vessels
Draperies
Canopy beds - Subjects
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Nash, Mary Anne, -1851 > Caricatures and cartoons
Interiors
Yachts
Chairs
Obesity
Kissing
Wine
Drinking vessels
Draperies
Canopy beds
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
19th century
J. Budgen > 1819
Gee, Ernest R., 1878-1956 > Ownership
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 > Ms. notes
Gladstone, Robertson, 1805-1875 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 17405303
- Object ID (OID)
- 33245799