Charles Jameson Grant
active 1830-1852
All the majesty of the British empire!!!!
Published
[London] : [publisher not specified], [1832]
wood engraving
172 x 233 mm
Peel 2162
Notes
Detached from The caricaturist, no. 1, London, 1832.
Printed below, left: His Most Illustrious Majesty William the Fourth, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. &c. &c.
Printed below, right: Her most lovely majesty Queen Adelaide.
Printed below, left: His Most Illustrious Majesty William the Fourth, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. &c. &c.
Printed below, right: Her most lovely majesty Queen Adelaide.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
King William IV (left), in crown and robes, sits in an arm-chair, awkward and undistinguished. Queen Adelaide, ungainly in a trimmed décolletée dress, and with feathers in her hair, left hand at her waist makes a contemptuous gesture of admonition or dismissal towards the King.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Pickburn, J., printer.
Pickburn, J., printer.
Classification
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