A poet mounted, on the court-Pegasus Williams, British Cartoon Print
Summary
"Southey, the poet laureate, sits astride a cask, the official butt of sack, inscribed: G. R. (with a crown), Sack..." (Source: George)
"Aye, aye, hear hum He is no mealy mouthed court orator. To flatter vice, and pamper lordly pride!!" vide Wat Tyler.
Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum / by Mary Dorothy George, v. 9, no. 12877
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
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Date
01/01/1817
Source
Library of Congress
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