Gallery›Wellcome Collection›The grossly agitated King and Queen seated in a latrine to receive a message from the emaciated Pitt; satirizing the Royal reaction to news of the King of Sweden's assassination. Etching by J. Gillray, 1792.
The grossly agitated King and Queen seated in a latrine to receive a message from the emaciated Pitt; satirizing the Royal reaction to news of the King of Sweden's assassination. Etching by J. Gillray, 1792.
Wellcome Collection

The grossly agitated King and Queen seated in a latrine to receive a message from the emaciated Pitt; satirizing the Royal reaction to news of the King of Sweden's assassination. Etching by J. Gillray, 1792.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/148259 · 1792

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Taking physick - or - The news of shooting the King of Sweden!

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