Ah! Sure such a pair was never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature / Broom [Brougham] invt. ; G. Cruikshank fect.

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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
Ah! Sure such a pair was never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature / Broom [Brougham] invt. ; G. Cruikshank fect.
hand colored etching
8 7/8 x 14 5/8 inches; with border: 9 7/8 x 15 1/8 inches
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2062
Published: 
[London] : G. Humphrey, 1820
Provenance: 
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes: 

Attribution to "Broom" [i.e. Brougham] is satirical.

Summary: 

From two huge green bags, pear-shaped and broad-based, emerge respectively the heads of King George IV and Queen Caroline. They stand on the surface of a table forming the base of the design. The King's bag (left) is the larger; with averted head he looks sideways at his wife with an expression of terrified fury. She looks towards him with demure provocation. He wears a crown, she a triple ostrich plume in her hat to show that she is denied her tatus. Round the vast girth of the King's bag is a buckled garter; round the Queen's a blue (Garter) ribbon inscribed '. . . Droit. Honi . Soit. Qui . Mal. y . Pense.' By the former bag is a paper: 'Ordered to lie [scored through] lay on the table'; by the latter: 'Secret Committe [sic]--'.

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