To be, or, Not to be! [graphic]Marks, John Lewis, printmaker[July 1821?]eng"The Queen (left) and King sit side by side on a double throne, almost back to back, while turning their eyes warily towards each other. They wear royal robes, the King is caricatured; at his knee is a rosette in the centre of which a bottle is depicted; he holds orb and sceptre. She is comely but stout, her dress unduly defining her figure. The Archbishop, gross and bloated, stands behind the throne, sourly placing a large crown on the King's head. The Queen, who holds a fan, says: Oh! the Brute, but I'll teaze him. He says: What a D--n'd thing I cannot shake her off, she is as artfull as the Devil,--curse Matrimony."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.Mounted on leaf 89 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."Figures of "Queen Caroline" and "George IV" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet; date "June 1821" written in ink in lower right corner.