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Royal Condescension or, A Foreign Minister Astonished! - April 1817 -, September 15, 1817 (hand-coloured...

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HST3083653
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Royal Condescension or, A Foreign Minister Astonished! - April 1817 -, September 15, 1817 (hand-coloured etching on wove paper)
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Artist
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) / English
Location
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
Medium
hand-coloured etching on wove paper
Date
1817 AD (C19th AD)
Dimensions
27x40.3 cms
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Published by George Humphrey (1783-1831). Satire alluding to the gossip of the day regarding Queen Caroline of Brunswick's infidelities, despite her marriage to King George IV. To the right is the visiting German diplomat Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859) bowing to a grotesque depiction of a seated Queen Caroline (1768–1821) wearing a Turkish outfit, flanked by her adopted son William Austin 1802-57), to her left, and to the man rumoured to be her lover, Bartolomeo Pergami (c.1783-1842), to her right.

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Photo: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston / gift of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Brown / Bridgeman Images
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United Kingdom / Europe / royalty / grotesque / scandal / fat / print / georgian era / affair / royal court / england / court / condescend / royals / monarchy / infidelity / british / courtiers / visit / satirical / exaggerated bosom / gossip / united kingdom / english / consort / illustration / satire
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