pamphlet

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Object Type
Museum number: 1865,1111.799
Description: Political pamphlet of 22 pages without illustrations satirising George IV, his ministers and referencing the Queen Caroline affair, entitled: 'A King in a Pickle with a Cabinet of Curiosities, Collected by Harry Broom.' Lettered beneath the title on the front page with quotations from Shakespeare and Middleton's 'Phoenix' with the publisher's details at the foot of the page: "London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by Gold and Northhouse, 19 Great Russell Street, Covent Garden, 1820. Price One Shilling." On the verso: "Printed by Joyce Gold, 103, Shoe-lane, London. 1820 Letterpress pamphlet
Producer name
School/style
Production date: 1820
Production place: Printed in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 216 millimetres (approx. page height); Width: 131 millimetres (approximate page width)
Curator's comments: Bound as part of 'Political Tracts Volume 5.' Number 5 of 10 volumes of political pamphlets, published circa 1819-1822. This pamphlet gives satirical descriptions of a number of the King's ministers (see associated persons.)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Associated with: Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (The author's pseudonym "Harry Broom" references Brougham); Associated with: George Canning (Referred to as "Lord Cunning"); Associated with: Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd Marquess of Londonderry (Referred to as "Lord Castlefish"); Associated with: Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (Referred to as "Lord Liverpond"); Associated with: Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (Referred to as "Lord Sadmouth"); Associated with: Sir John Leach (Referred to as "Sir John Bloodsucker"); Associated with: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Referred to as "Duke Arthur"); Associated with: Caroline of Brunswick; Associated with: George IV, King of the United Kingdom
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1865
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1865,1111.799

Free entry

Opening hours