The Guard Wot Looks After the Sovereign
This stout lady wearing a braided coat, and carrying bugles and a horn is a caricature of Lady Conyngham, William IV's mistress. The print is based on a larger image by William Heath. In 1829 the latter designed a series that suggest figures close to the king persuaded the conservative monarch to accept the Catholic Emancipation Bill.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Guard Wot Looks After the Sovereign
- Artist: George Cruikshank (British, London 1792–1878 London)
- Artist: Copy after William Heath ('Paul Pry') (British, Northumbria 1794/95–1840 Hampstead)
- Subject: Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness Conyngham (British, 1769–1861)
- Date: 1829
- Medium: Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/16 × 4 7/16 in. (12.8 × 11.2 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.888-314
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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