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The man in the moon, &c. &c. &c : with fifteen cuts

Archive Print Item: Modern History P-9.11/HON

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Type of record: Book

Title: The man in the moon, &c. &c. &c : with fifteen cuts

Level: Item

Classmark: Modern History P-9.11/HON

Additional creator(s): Hone, William (1780-1842) (Other); Canning, George (1770-1827) (Other); Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) (Other)

Related people: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830; Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822; Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844; Hone, William; Hone, William; Hone, William; Canning, George; Cruikshank, George

Publisher: Printed by and for William Hone

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1821

Language: English

Size and medium: [24] p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/241023

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991013478329705181

Description

A political satire, in verse, on George IV.


Title vignette and illustrations by George Cruikshank.


Caption title: The man in the moon, a speech from the throne to the senate of Lunataria in the moon.


Dedicated to the Right Hon. George Canning.


Advertisements: [2] p. at end.


Includes: (p. [17-20]) "A political Christmas carol..." [A parody, with music, of "God rest ye merry, gentlemen" by William Hone, satirizing Lord Castlereagh]; and (p. [21-22]) "The Doctor": a parody written by the Right Honorable George Canning, M.P. [A political satire on Lord Sidmouth, actually written by Wm. Hone. Cf. His Facetiæ and miscellanies, 1827, p. viii].


Attributed to Wm. Hone; refuted in British Museum catalogue.

Additional description

Bound [no.6] with Hone's: The political house that Jack built, 1819

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