Lot Essay
During the Regency and reign of George IV, the behaviour of the 10th Hussars provoked a series of cartoons savagely ridiculing their arrogance and boorishness.
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After Rowlandson: "The Cornet Battery Opened on the Tenth"
A cartoon, depicting officers of the 10th Hussars being bombarded by missiles inscribed Indignation, Contempt, Ridicule, and Laughter from the "Gun" of the Public Press across the Irish Sea, while a Royal Personage (presumably the Duke of York) remarks to a companion Between you and I, Taylor, I am glad they have caught it, they were almost too much for us!
Print 9in. by 15in. the mount inscribed Published April 1824 by John Fairbum Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London, in glazed frame
A cartoon, depicting officers of the 10th Hussars being bombarded by missiles inscribed Indignation, Contempt, Ridicule, and Laughter from the "Gun" of the Public Press across the Irish Sea, while a Royal Personage (presumably the Duke of York) remarks to a companion Between you and I, Taylor, I am glad they have caught it, they were almost too much for us!
Print 9in. by 15in. the mount inscribed Published April 1824 by John Fairbum Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London, in glazed frame