Title

Turtle doves and turtle soup!!', 1822. Artist: George Cruikshank

Caption

'Turtle doves and turtle soup!!', 1822. A scene on board the Royal Yacht. George IV is wearing Highland dress and kneeling at the feet of Lady Hell-fling-stone. Sir William Curtis enters the room wearing Highland costume, fool's cap and sausages.

Date

1822

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19B01_238

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,0Mb (1,7Mb) / 14,0in x 8,3in / 4208 x 2496 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation England food carrying people country marriage monarch window costume cooking cookery clothes British English color colour king royal yacht dress kneeling kilt dinner curtain location century Britain clothing royalty georgian cartoon mistress metaphor 19th century water transport nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery alderman Alderman of London cooking pot dinner is served Hanoverian royal yacht sovereign King George IV Sir William Curtis King of Great Britain highland dress etching caricature satire William George Cruikshank;Cruikshank George George Cruikshank Curtis Prince of Wales Sir William George IV Prince Regent Prinny Prinnie William Curtis Cruikshank George