The King's speech

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Robert Seymour
1798-1836
The King's speech
[London] : [G. Cowie],
wood engraving
80 x 88 mm
Peel 2154
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Probably detached from one of four issues of Whiggeries and waggeries, London : William Strange, 1834. This publication reprinted wood engravings by Robert Seymour, Robert Cruikshank, and others which had previously appeared-- often with different captions-- in Figaro in London, also published by Strange. The identical image appeared in Figaro in London, no. 62, 1833, with the same title. A proof of the image is titled The King's speech being compounded in the kitchen.

Summary: 

A man (Wellington?) and a woman (Brougham?) stir the content of a large pot, while other figures work around them, washing pans and breaking eggs into a bowl. Two jugs labelled "West India Rum" and "Irish Whiskey" sit on the floor in front of the pot, as well as a basket labelled "Dutch Eggs" and assorted discarded lemon halves. A man seated in the background keeps the books.

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