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1. Taking physick, or, The news of shooting the King of Sweden! [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1792]
- Call Number:
- 792.04.11.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The King and Queen, much caricatured, sit side by side in a latrine, above which is part of the royal arms, the lion looking down apprehensively and excreting. They look in horror towards Pitt, who rushes in, terrified, from a door (right), holding out a paper inscribed 'News from Sweden', and saying, "Another Monarch done over!" He is grotesquely thin. The King rises slightly, holding his stomach, and saying, "What ? Shot ? What ? what ? what ? Shot! shot! shot!" He wears a nightcap tied with a ribbon inscribed 'Honi Soit qui M . . . '. The Queen is a shrunken and huddled figure; both have grotesquely agitated expressions."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- News of shooting the King of Sweden
- Description:
- : Interiors: latrine -- Male costume: royal night
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 11th 1792 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Taking physick, or, The news of shooting the King of Sweden! [graphic].