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A mandarin falls back fainting onto a settee, attended by three ladies and a man all in Chinese dress; satirizing the King's anguish at the bill (which condemned the Queen's adultery and reduced her rights) being thrown out. Coloured etching, 1820.
1820
Lettering: The Bill thrown out But the pains and penalties inflicted
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