print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.9385
- Title
- Object: Going in state to open the new bridge
- Description
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After the title: 'Dedicated to the Members of the Funny Club' [cf. BM Satires No. 14916]. Gog and Magog, the Guildhall giants, digging their oars deep in the water, scull a Thames wherry towards London Bridge (right) which is decorated with flags. The King and Queen, who looks sour, sit together in the stern under a rectangular canopy on which is the crown. He wears naval uniform and his arms are folded; he says: 'Heave a Head there I've got to be Home by Eight'. Behind them the Lord Mayor (Key) stands in the stern, the rudder being a huge key. The Royal Standard (oddly drawn) flies from a pole, above it is a pennant with the dagger of the City Arms. Magog: 'Pull away my Hearty—I say Gog roar us a Stave'. Gog (stroke): 'Oh I carnt, I hav'nt a bit of Wind in me'. Behind, in front of Blackfriars Bridge, the river is covered with tiny boats. From one rise the words: 'Vot ho you two Spanking Scullers, dont row so werry fast there that ant Fare if you Cut away at that ere rate I'm bless'd if you vont knock the New Bridge down'. St. Paul's and riverside buildings are sketched in the background. July 18 1831
Hand-coloured lithograph
- Production date
- 1831
- Dimensions
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Height: 278 millimetres
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Width: 409 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954)
The King and Queen opened new London Bridge on 1 Aug. 1831, see No. 16759. For Gog and Magog cf. Nos. 15445, 16812.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.9385
