The horrid assassin is Hatfield, attemting to shoot the King in Drury Lane Theatre on the 15th of May, 1800, British Cartoon Print
Summary
"Hadfield stands up in the pit and fires a pistol point-blank at the King, who turns reassuringly to a group of alarmed Princesses (left), while the Queen enters the box (right)..." (Source: George)
[I. Cruikshank?].
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Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum / by Mary Dorothy George, v. 7, no. 9536
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
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Date
1800
Source
Library of Congress
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