Spotprent op koning George IV en koningin Caroline, 1820, George Cruikshank, 1820

Title(s)

Spotprent op koning George IV en koningin Caroline, 1820
Ah! Sure such a pair was never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature (title on object)

Object type

• print
• cartoon

Object number

RP-P-1985-47

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Description

Spotprent op de Engelse koning George IV en zijn echtgenote prinses Caroline van Brunswijk, 1820. Beiden voorgesteld als grote dikke zakken, waaruit hun hoofden steken.

Artist

• print maker: George Cruikshank (mentioned on object)
• publisher: George Humphrey (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: England
publisher: London

Dating

23-Jun-1820

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / hand coloring

Measurements

height 258 mm × width 392 mm

What

• king
• queen
• glutton
• political caricatures and satires

Who

• George IV (koning van het Verenigd Koninkrijk)
• Caroline van Brunswijk

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1985

Copyright

Public domain

• George Cruikshank, a catalogue raisonné of the work executed during the years 1807-1877, p. 248, cat.nr. 877
• Catalogue of political and personal satires, cat.nr. 13735