The Phantom!!! or Prosecutor of Her Majesty; The Turner-General Chastised; John Bull peppering the Italian Rascals; Harry the Eight's Address to his Parliament, on the subject of being divorced; Female Intrepidity; Boadicea, Queen of Britain, over throwing her Enemies; Coronation Arrangements awkwardly interupted; Another Green Bag; and all a Bottle of Smoke

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J. FAIRBURN PUBLISHER, CIRCA 1820
The Phantom!!! or Prosecutor of Her Majesty; The Turner-General Chastised; John Bull peppering the Italian Rascals; Harry the Eight's Address to his Parliament, on the subject of being divorced; Female Intrepidity; Boadicea, Queen of Britain, over throwing her Enemies; Coronation Arrangements awkwardly interupted; Another Green Bag; and all a Bottle of Smoke
handcoloured etchings, publised London, 1820
unframed
11 x 17 in. (28 x 43 cm.) (9)

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Lot Essay

Lewis Marks' cartoon issued in July 1820 concerning George IV's divorce of Queen Caroline. Before the trial, Lord Liverpool proposed to introduce a Parliamentary Bill, dubbed the Bill of Pains and Penalties, to deprive Caroline of her titles and to dissolve the marriage (K.Baker, George IV; A Life of caricature, London, 2005, p.11).

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