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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
The grillery
Published
[London] : [Printed by and for William Hone, Ludgate-Hill], [1820]
wood engraving
89 x 98 mm
Peel 2089
Notes
Printed below image: "The fat is in the fire!"
Detached from "Non mi ricordo!" &c. &c. &c. (London: William Hone, 1820).
Image has been trimmed to remove all text except "The fat is in the fire!".
Detached from "Non mi ricordo!" &c. &c. &c. (London: William Hone, 1820).
Image has been trimmed to remove all text except "The fat is in the fire!".
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
King George IV sits on a huge gridiron to which his ankles are chained, being grilled over a fire by two demon-satyrs: one uses bellows, the other a big poker. Contorted with pain he tears his hair in agonized rage.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Hone, William, 1780-1842, publisher.
Hone, William, 1780-1842. Non mi ricordo.
Hone, William, 1780-1842, publisher.
Hone, William, 1780-1842. Non mi ricordo.
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