Title

The most desolate woman in the world', c1820.

Caption

'The most desolate woman in the world', c1820. 'Thy daughter, then, could hear thee weep; but now she sleeps the dreamless sleep'. Satirical cartoon of Caroline of Brunswick with her baby daughter Princess Charlotte of Wales, while her husband the Prince Regent (future King George IV) enjoys the company of ladies. From "The Queen's matrimonial ladder", a political pamphlet with wood engraved illustrations by George Cruikshank, published after the opening of the trial of Queen Caroline (1768-1821, also known as Caroline of Brunswick, consort of King George IV), in August 1820. [William Hone, London]. Included in an album containing portraits and satirical caricatures related to the trial.

Date

1820

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F12_258

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

65,3Mb (2,9Mb) / 15,1in x 16,7in / 4544 x 5024 (300dpi)

Keywords

engraving caricature satire female women woman people child children baby babies law monarch sad British room bill royal desolate miserable century Britain royalty lady concept legislation B&W MONOCHROME unfaithful 19th century black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century The Print Collector bedchamber sovereign Caroline Caroline of Brunswick Princess Charlotte bedroom Queen caricature satire engraving George Cruikshank Princess of Wales Queen Consort of George IV Princess William Charlotte Queen Caroline Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick William Hone Hone Cruikshank George bed chamber Pains and Penalties Bill Pains and Penalties Bill 1820 Princess Charlotte Augusta