print;
satirical print;
newspaper/periodical;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1873,0712.1282
- Title
- Object: The hen-peck'd monach.
- Description
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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
- Production date
- 1832 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 119 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 155 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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For bound volume of 'Figaro in London' Vol.1 1832 see 1870,1008.1467 - 1937 and 1870,1008.1491 for this impression.
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(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.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Figaro in London
- Acquisition date
- 1873
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1873,0712.1282
