The man in the moon, &c. &c. &c : with fifteen cuts
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Type of record: Book
Title: The man in the moon, &c. &c. &c : with fifteen cuts
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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