Reflection [graphic] : to be, or not to be?

Creator:

Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker.

Published/Created:

London :
Pubd. Feby. 11, 1820 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly,
[1820]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 34 x 23.3 cm.

Related Links:

http://images.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneitemg.asp?itemid=lwlpr30567

Notes:

Title from item.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
CtY-LW
Printmaker's name from George.

Abstract:

George IV, looking into a full length mirror, is startled by the sight of the likeness of his estranged wife, Caroline looking back at him over the shoulder of his reflection in the mirror. He wears a crown, his coronet and feathers discarded on the floor beside him. The carpet, chair, and table-cloth are decorated with the Royal Arms.

Topics:

Mirrors.
Rugs.

Topics:

Caroline,--Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain,--1768-1821--Caricatures and cartoons.
Caroline,--Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain,--1768-1821--Marriage.
Fores, S. W., publisher
George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons.
George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Marriage.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1820.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1820.

Format:

Image

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

820.02.11.01

Orbis Record:

7920372

Yale Collection:

LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr30567

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 10, no. 13661

OID:

11020740

PID:

digcoll:551806