2-709-663 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'So let him stand...', c1820. Satirical cartoon of King George IV in church, with the Ten Commandments behind him. The quote is from "The Curse of Minerva", epic poem by Lord Byron: 'So let him stand, through, ages yet unborn, Fix'd statue on the pedestal of Scorn'. 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.