One the left, George III, represented as a donkey and wearing a fool's cap, sits asleep on his throne, his wrists manacled. Beneath his chair is a keg of gunpowder, and a sack containing crown and sceptre leans against the wall. Entering the doors on ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Humphry [sic], No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783, and Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Donkeys, Thrones, Fools' caps, and Clothing & dress
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An obese, elderly man, completely bald, sits in an arm-chair while a shopman pours oil from a bottle (straw-covered like a Chianti flask) on to his scalp, pressing down his head with the left hand. At his feet is a basin to receive the overflow. On t...
"The seven men ride (right to left) on asses, a signpost (right) pointing 'To Dublin'; they carry 'Regency cakes' in place of potatoes. On the extreme left three men lean eagerly forward, one shouts: "What news, What News the tidings tell make haste a...
Alternative Title:
Ambassadors extraordinry return on bulls without horns and Ambassadors extraordinary return on bulls without horns
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 16th, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccaddilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799, and Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
"The seven men ride (right to left) on asses, a signpost (right) pointing 'To Dublin'; they carry 'Regency cakes' in place of potatoes. On the extreme left three men lean eagerly forward, one shouts: "What news, What News the tidings tell make haste a...
Alternative Title:
Ambassadors extraordinry return on bulls without horns and Ambassadors extraordinary return on bulls without horns
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 16th, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccaddilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799, and Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
