Merry Making on Regents Birthday,1812,George IV,Adultery,Wealth,England,Cartoon

Title: Merry making on the regents birth day, 1812 / G. Cruikshank.
Creator(s): Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, etcher
Date Created/Published: [London] : Pub'd by J. Johnston, 98 Cheapside, 1812 August.
Summary: Print shows George, the Prince Regent, dancing and drinking at a lavish party with the wife of a man who sits with a dejected look on his face and holding a sheet of paper 'Order of the day' which lists 'Breakfast - 2 to be HUNG at Newgate' with lunch, dinner and tea schedules followed by 'Supper - German fling, d [penny] sausage with bread, cheese & kisses &c &c, Dancing all night' and with his feet resting on sheet music titled 'The black joke' while behind him stand two demon-like figures playing French horns, alluding to his present cuckold condition. Through an opening in the palace is a view of a gallows and poor persons seeking relief.
Notes:
Title from item.
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830.
Birthday parties--England--1810-1820.
Adultery--England--1810-1820.
Wealth--England--1810-1820.
Poverty--England--1810-1820.
Etchings--Hand-colored--1810-1820.
Satires (Visual works)--British--1810-1820.
Bookmark /2003689159/
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