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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
The grillery
wood engraving
89 x 98 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2089
Published:
[London] : [Printed by and for William Hone, Ludgate-Hill], [1820]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Printed below image: "The fat is in the fire!"
Detached from "Non mi ricordo!" &c. &c. &c. (London: William Hone, 1820).
Image has been trimmed to remove all text except "The fat is in the fire!".
Summary:
King George IV sits on a huge gridiron to which his ankles are chained, being grilled over a fire by two demon-satyrs: one uses bellows, the other a big poker. Contorted with pain he tears his hair in agonized rage.
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