'The Royal Extinguisher, or the King of Brobdingnag & the Lilliputians', 1821. Artist: George Cruikshank

'The Royal Extinguisher, or the King of Brobdingnag & the Lilliputians', 1821. Artist: George Cruikshank

1-239-038 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images

'The Royal Extinguisher, or the King of Brobdingnag & the Lilliputians', 1821. George IV, surrounded by admiring ministers, holds up an extinguisher made of paper, which he is about to place over a crowd of tiny Jacobites who surround Caroline of Brunswick and Alderman Wood.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. George Cruikshank: British: Artist, illustrator, painter, engraver, caricaturist, cartoonist
After
  1. Isaac Robert Cruikshank: British; English: Artist, engraver
Subject
  1. King George IV: British: King of Great Britain
  2. Sir Matthew Wood: British: Lord Mayor of London
  3. Caroline of Brunswick: German: Queen Consort of George IV

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Caricature
  2. Satire

Category Hierarchy

People Royalty

History & Politics Politics Political Events

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Satires

Artistic Representations Caricatures

People Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4866x3586
File Size : 51,122kb


Aliases

  1. 20411
  1. 0220002342
  1. 1-239-038
  1. 1239038
  1. 20411
  1. 2342
  1. A3

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