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'Mother Wood, the popular procuress!', 1820. Artist: Isaac Robert Cruikshank
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1-645-960 - The London Archives (City of London)/Heritage Images
'Mother Wood, the popular procuress!', 1820. Alderman Wood, dressed as an elderly woman, stands in the porch of his house in South Audley Street holding a bottle inscribed Popularity; the allusion is to his championing of Queen Caroline and he is compared to a notorious brothel keeper of the same name.
Image Details
People Information
Creator
- Isaac Robert Cruikshank, attributed to: {British; English}: Artist, engraver
After
- Isaac Robert Cruikshank: British; English: Artist, engraver
Subject
- Sir Matthew Wood: British: Lord Mayor of London
People Related
- Caroline of Brunswick: German: Queen Consort of George IV
- King George IV: British: King of Great Britain
Geographic Hierarchy
World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London City of Westminster Westminster
- 51 29 09 N , 000 08 01 W
Category Hierarchy
Lifestyle & Leisure Fashion & Dress
Artistic Representations Satires
Artistic Representations Caricatures
Digital Image Size
Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2240x3176
File Size : 20,843kb
Aliases
- 20388
- p5427022
- 0220006056
- 1-645-960
- 1645960
- 20388