The gouty King George IV relaxing before nine portraits chronicling his past extravagant styles of dress; representing the King's attempt to withdraw from public ridicule. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1824.

  • Heath, William, 1795-1840.
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15 March 1824
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12219i
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London (41 Picadilly) : S.W. Fores, 15 March 1824.

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 21.3 x 33.3 cm

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All the world's a stage - and one man in his time plays many parts, & c & c

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, vol. X, London 1952, no. 14637
Yubraj Sharma, Spiritual energetics of homoeopathic materia medica, Wembley: Academy of light, 2006, vol. 2, p. 267

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Wellcome Collection 12219i

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