Catalogue Number
NMLH.2011.29.21
Object Name
Print
Title
'A Quartet In Chracter: "Jarvey, Jarvey -- Here I Am Your Honour -- Rum Tum Tidd Iddi -- Hig Gee Wo". Pub May 1829 By McClean ... Sole Pub. Of P. Prys Original Caricatures'
People
King George IV, Duke Of Wellington
Date
1829
Description
Four figures (left to right): King George IV, the Duke Of Wellington doffing his hat to the King, a stout woman in a red coat blowing a horn, attracting the attention of a rat catcher.
The message of the cartoon could be that politicians with access to the monarch are untrustworthy, and this is why the guard is sounding the alarm.
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