print; satirical print; newspaper/periodical; book-illustration

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print; satirical print; newspaper/periodical; book-illustration

Object Type: print; satirical print; newspaper/periodical; book-illustration
Museum number: 1873,0712.1282
Title: Object: The hen-peck'd monach.
Description: The Queen, petticoat rolled up to show breeches, sits on the back of the King who is on hands and knees without his breeches, and with his hands bound by a ribbon inscribed 'Family Ties'. She wears the crown, and steadies it as it topples. Prince George of Cumberland, a boy in military uniform, leans on the sceptre, while the Duchess of Kent tosses the orb for Princess Victoria to catch; proof before the published state. Wood-engraving
Producer name: Print made by: H Burrows; After: Robert Seymour; Print made by: Welch
School/style
Production date: 1832 (circa)
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 119 millimetres (sheet); Width: 155 millimetres (sheet)
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Curator's comments: For bound volume of 'Figaro in London' Vol.1 1832 see 1870,1008.1467 - 1937 and 1870,1008.1491 for this impression.; (Description and comment from M. Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', XI, 1954) 'The patriot king is merged in the hen-pecked husband.' Cf. No. 15924; see No. 17076, &c. In a bound volume containing "Figaro in London" Vols. I and II (1832- 1833). Subsequent volumes (III, IV, V, VI and VII) are kept at 298*.a.20 to 22. For group record for Vols. I to VI see 1870, 1008.1467-1937. Vol. VII is registered separately as 1982,U.4511.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon; Associated with: Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover; Associated with: John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst; Associated with: Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle; Associated with: Sir Robert Peel; Associated with: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Associated with: Sir Charles Wetherell; Associated with: Adelaide, Queen of William IV; Associated with: Victoria, Duchess of Kent; Associated with: Queen Victoria; Associated with: William IV, King of the United Kingdom
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1873
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1873,0712.1282

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