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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
This is the man
wood engraving
180 x 85 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2082
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[London] : [Printed by and for William Hone, Ludgate-Hill], [1819]
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Title derived from accompanying verse.
Printed between image and verse: -- "Great offices will have / Great talents." --
Accompanying lines of verse: This is THE MAN -- all shaven and shorn, / All cover'd with Orders -- and all forlorn;
Detached from The political house that Jack built (London: William Hone, 1819).
Summary:
The Prince Regent (later King George IV), heavily whiskered, stands tightly encased in dandified uniform, his body covered with orders, including a corkscrew and the Golden Fleece. In his cocked hat are three peacock's feathers. He wears gauntlet gloves and spurred jack-boots, highly polished; his hand is on his sword.
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