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CRUIKSHANK, George (1792), Isaac Robert CRUIKSHANK (1789-1856), and Theodore LANE (1800-1828)
The Attorney-General's Charges against The Late Queen, Brought Forward in the House of Peers, on Saturday, August 19, 1820, Illustrated with Fifty Coloured Engravings. London: printed by G. Humphrey, [1821].
First edition, a fine well margined copy, of this series of devastating caricatures directed against the British monarchy, including the republication of the charges brought by the Attorney-General, Robert, Baron Gifford (1779-1826), against Queen Caroline and in support of the Pains and Penalties Bill of 1820 by which George IV, who had only just inherited the throne in 1820 and who hated his wife sought to remove her title and dissolve their marriage. The volume begins with a view of Humphrey’s shop-window where 42 of these prints are on view. The focus of these caricatures is Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821) and her alleged affair with Bartolommeo Bergami. She renamed him Pergami (as being more aristocratic), and appointed him Grand Master of the Order of St Caroline. Queen Caroline, on the whole, elicited a great deal of public support and as a result the Bill had to be subsequently abandoned. However the following year, in July 1821, Caroline was barred from the coronation, fell ill, and died three weeks later. After the fall of Napoleon in 1815, George Cruikshank's attention was largely turned towards highlighting the decadence of Britain's Regency monarchy which was epitomised by George IV while still the Prince Regent. In this collection six of the plates are by George or Isaac Robert Cruikshank or both, the remainder are by Theodore Lane (1800-1828), a painter and engraver who frequently worked on sporting material, especially in partnership with Pierce Egan. British Museum Satires 14206.
Folio (474 x 330mm). Engraved frontispiece and 49 engraved plates, all with wide margins, title and plates coloured by a contemporary hand, the 'Armorial Bearings of the White Cat' tail-piece tipped-in to blank leaf at rear. Blue half morocco over marbled paper boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt in compartments with raised bands and gilt edges.
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CRUIKSHANK, George (1792), Isaac Robert CRUIKSHANK (1789-1856), and Theodore LANE (1800-1828)
The Attorney-General's Charges against The Late Queen, Brought Forward in the House of Peers, on Saturday, August 19, 1820, Illustrated with Fifty Coloured Engravings. London: printed by G. Humphrey, [1821].
First edition, a fine well margined copy, of this series of devastating caricatures directed against the British monarchy, including the republication of the charges brought by the Attorney-General, Robert, Baron Gifford (1779-1826), against Queen Caroline and in support of the Pains and Penalties Bill of 1820 by which George IV, who had only just inherited the throne in 1820 and who hated his wife sought to remove her title and dissolve their marriage. The volume begins with a view of Humphrey’s shop-window where 42 of these prints are on view. The focus of these caricatures is Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821) and her alleged affair with Bartolommeo Bergami. She renamed him Pergami (as being more aristocratic), and appointed him Grand Master of the Order of St Caroline. Queen Caroline, on the whole, elicited a great deal of public support and as a result the Bill had to be subsequently abandoned. However the following year, in July 1821, Caroline was barred from the coronation, fell ill, and died three weeks later. After the fall of Napoleon in 1815, George Cruikshank's attention was largely turned towards highlighting the decadence of Britain's Regency monarchy which was epitomised by George IV while still the Prince Regent. In this collection six of the plates are by George or Isaac Robert Cruikshank or both, the remainder are by Theodore Lane (1800-1828), a painter and engraver who frequently worked on sporting material, especially in partnership with Pierce Egan. British Museum Satires 14206.
Folio (474 x 330mm). Engraved frontispiece and 49 engraved plates, all with wide margins, title and plates coloured by a contemporary hand, the 'Armorial Bearings of the White Cat' tail-piece tipped-in to blank leaf at rear. Blue half morocco over marbled paper boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt in compartments with raised bands and gilt edges.
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No VAT is payable on the hammer price or the buyer's premium for this lot. Please see the VAT Symbols and Explanation section of the Conditions of Sale for further information
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