print;
broadside
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.13722
- Title
- Object: Caroline Triumphant
- Description
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A broadside on the trial of Queen Caroline and the attempt of George IV to gain divorce through Parliament; with nine wood-engravings, at the top centre showing Queen Caroline seated on a throne, wearing a crown and holding a sceptre, at each side of this print a royal coat-of-arms, underneath each coat-of-arms three wood-engravings, on the left from top to bottom showing a view into the New Sadler's Wells Theatre, a man on horseback greeting a woman on horseback, two men inviting two women to a boat trip; on the right from top to bottom a nocturnal view of Vauxhall Gardens, a moored boat with one couple leaving and another approaching, and a man on horseback leaning across a horse without rider, talking to a shepherd; with letterpress title, and with verses of four songs in two columns. ([London], Pitts; [1820)]
- Production date
- 1820
- Dimensions
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Height: 80 millimetres (illustr. wood-engraving, average)
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Height: 457 millimetres (printed area)
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Height: 198 millimetres (wood-engraving, Queen Caroline)
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Width: 95 millimetres (illustr.wood-engravings, average)
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Width: 351 millimetres (printed area)
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Width: 137 millimetres (wood-engraving, Queen Caroline)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The verses are of the songs "The Poor Royal Stranger", "Britons Claim her as Your Queen", "British Seamen's Address to the Queen", and "The Wandering Boy".
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Divorce Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.13722