Title:
Gent, No Gent and Regent
Creator/Contributor:
George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British; Thomas Tegg, London, publisher
Date:
1816
Identifier:
1989.21.273
Format:
Print
Etching with hand coloring
Notes:
One of many caricatures of the Prince Regent (later George IV), Cruikshank's design suggests the progression of the Prince
Regent's behavior from honorable to profligate.
Catalogue Raisonne: Reid 589; Douglas 820; Cohn 1153; British Museum 12791
Inscription: Recto, in plate below design, "G Cruikshank fect." at l.l.; "Pubd. by T. Tegg N. 111 Cheapside July 5 1816" at
c.; "379" at u.r.
Subject:
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830