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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
"Non mi ricordo!"
wood engraving
143 x 95 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2079
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[London] : [Printed by and for William Hone, Ludgate-Hill], [1820]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Title derived from host work.
Printed between title and image: "This will witness outwardly as strongly as conscience does within." / Cymbeline.
Printed below image: "Who are you?"
Title page illustration to the satirical pamphlet, "Non mi ricordo!" &c. &c. &c. (London: William Hone, 1820).
Detached from "Non mi ricordo!" &c. &c. &c. (London: William Hone, 1820).
Image has been trimmed to remove all text except "Who are you?".
Summary:
King George IV, a seedy and bloated dandy, standing at the bar, saying, with melancholy anger, "Non mi Ricordo!" in answer to the question printed below the design: "Who are you?".
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