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New Baubles for the Chinese Temple : we are but Children of a larger growth
hand-colored etching
image: 210 x 320 mm; plate mark: 236 x 354 mm; sheet: 255 x 369 mm
Peel 2030
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Not described in George, M.D. Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
Description taken from British Museum online catalog.
A speech bubble from the Prime Minister reads: I can't indeed I can't consider the poor Starving Manufacturers.
A speech bubble from the King reads: Now if you don't Increase my Salary half a Million, I'll send you to Liverpool.
Summary:
Caricature of the British Prime Minister presenting crowns to King George IV in the Brighton Pavilion, surrounded by Chinese objects and figures. The King is seen from behind, brandishing a scepter and sovereign's orb.
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