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Digital event - The art of ridicule: George IV and satirical prints

A hand-coloured etching of a pot and a kettle side-by-side on flames behind the bars of a wide grate. Queen Caroline's head and bare shoulders emerge from the wide mouth of the pot, while the kettle is topped by the angry and startled face of King George

John Marshall, 'The Kettle calling the Pot ugly names' (RCIN 751290) ©

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19:00 – 20:00
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George IV was a popular target for satirical printmakers who ridiculed him throughout his life in brilliantly inventive and colourful etchings. Exhibition curator and Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings, Kate Heard, explores satires of George, his reaction to criticism and his own collection, and asks where he drew the line between humour and offence.

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