Non mi recordo the captain of the gang, or, The principal evidence for the King's divorce bill / [W. Heath].

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Non mi recordo the captain of the gang, or, The principal evidence for the King's divorce bill / [W. Heath].
hand colored etching
11 5/8 x 8 7/16 in.
Peel 2051
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Theodore Majocchi, with a villainous squint, grotesquely dressed as a dandy, stands full-face, holding out a large rolled document: 'Orders for the Milan Commission' and a large purse filled with gold coins: 'Secret Service Money'. He wears a small high-crowned hat: 'made by the Dandy Military Tailor in Pall Mall'. On the lapels of his coat are two portrait medallions, one of 'Mrs Q', the other of the 'K--g'. From a pocket hangs a long paper: 'Minutes of a conversation with a fat goodlooking Gentleman in Pall Mall on the Day George the III was Buried.' A long cylinder attached (?) to a coat-tail is inscribed 'Perjury . . . Per . . . Perjury'. He wears long trousers of hussar pattern, coat with small tails open over a tight white waistcoat: all his clothes are inscribed 'Government Stores'.

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