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[George IV] The Slap Up Swell wot Drives Whenever He Pleases.
[after William Heath.]
[n.d., c.1829.]
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 355 x 230mm (14 x 9"), watermarked 'Allee 1824'. Mounted on album sheet.
A hand-drawn caricature of George IV, a copy of the caricature by Heath published 1829. 'Slap up' dates, as northern slang, from c.1823 (BM Satires via Partridge's 'Slang Dictionary').
See BM Satires 15732 for the original.
[Ref: 58353] £240.00
[n.d., c.1829.]
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 355 x 230mm (14 x 9"), watermarked 'Allee 1824'. Mounted on album sheet.
A hand-drawn caricature of George IV, a copy of the caricature by Heath published 1829. 'Slap up' dates, as northern slang, from c.1823 (BM Satires via Partridge's 'Slang Dictionary').
See BM Satires 15732 for the original.
[Ref: 58353] £240.00