BM13242-the-mysterious-fair-one-1819-0534
identifier:
BM13242-the-mysterious-fair-one-1819-0534
title:
The Mysterious Fair One, or - the Royal Introduction to the Circassian Beauty
date:
May 1819
description:
The Persian Ambassador presents the fair Circassian, actually the Princess of Wales, to the Regent, who rises from a sofa, with a gesture of welcome frozen into aversion. The lady raises a transparent veil. The Ambassador, who has a heavy black beard and wears a high astrakhan cap, with trousers and zouave jacket, points to the lady and grins at the Regent. The scene is a garden pavilion with trellised doorways. On the back of the Regent's sofa a crown rests on a cushion. Dialogue is in speech balloons over figures. Source: George.
description:
British Museum #13242
format:
24 cm x 35 cm
type:
Paper
type:
Etching, hand-colored
coverage:
London, England
relation:
LUCA2017.47 1819
subject:
Abdul Hassan (Mirza)
subject:
Caroline of Brunswick
subject:
George IV, King of the United Kingdom
subject:
Satire
subject:
Great Britain
creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac
relation:
Michalak Collection
source:
Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections
