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Polonius, 1795 (coloured engraving)

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Polonius, 1795 (coloured engraving)
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Gillray, James (1757-1815) / English
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coloured engraving
Date
1795 AD (C18th AD)
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James Cecil, Marquis of Salisbury (Lord Chamberlain) leads King George and Queen Charlotte. Gillray depicts Salisbury as Polonius from Shakespeare's Hamlet, possibly to portray him as incompetent and senile (most of Polonius's judgements are wrong over the course of the play).

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satirical drawing / United Kingdom / Europe / royalty / Shakespeare William (1564-1616) / England / playwright / theatre / Gillray James (1757-1815) / artist / art / female / queens / women / man / men / lord chamberlain / royal / monarch / georgian / royals / cartoons / monarchs / monarchy / british / political / woman / kings / male / politics / satirical / queen / king / satire / shakespearean / charlotte / george iii / polonius / james cecil / Engraving / Mzengraving
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