The green bag : "A dainty dish to set before a king" : a ballad of the nineteenth century / by the author of "The political A, apple pie" ; with thirteen cuts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hone, William, 1780-1842, attributed name.

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, illustrator.

J. Robins and Co., publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.

Caroline.

George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.

George.

Political satire, English.

Genre:

Humor.

Verse satire.

Publishers' advertisements.

Physical Description:

23, [1] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Published by J. Robins and Co. ..., 1820.

Summary:

Satire in verse on the proceedings against Queen Caroline.

Notes:

Sometimes attributed to William Hone; see National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints. For an argument against this attribution, see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, volume 10, numbers 13771 and 13588.

Illustrations by George Cruikshank according to Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum and Cohn; all editions besides the first have illustrations typesigned by Cruikshank.

"Price One Shilling."--Title leaf.

Publisher's advertisement at end.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center RBC 2026 102 purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2026. Manuscript contents list in pencil on first blank leaf in volume.

Cited in:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, 13771-13783

Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank, 366

National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints, 216:611

Reid, G.W. Descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank, 4728

OCLC:

9534574

Bound With:

Kislak Center RBC 2026 102 copy bound with: The political house that Jack built.