Royal address of Cadwallader ap-Tudor ap-Edwards ap-Vaughan, Water-King of Southwark – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Royal address of Cadwallader ap-Tudor ap-Edwards ap-Vaughan, Water-King of Southwark. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Royal address of Cadwallader ap-Tudor ap-Edwards ap-Vaughan, Water-King of Southwark
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Cadwallader ap-Tudor ap-Edwards ap-Vaughan, the self-styled "Water-King of Southwark," delivers a mock royal address in this hand-colored etching, which sets the pomp of a monarch's speech against a plain problem: the water supply. George Cruikshank, among the most prolific caricaturists of the early 1800s, made the plate, and the record dates it to the 1810s. Londoners living along the Thames complained for years that the water piped to their homes was foul, and Southwark, on the river's south bank, was part of that long-running grievance. Cruikshank's sharp line work and bright hand coloring make the joke easy to read, and the mock grandeur of the title is part of the point.
| Medium | 1 print : etching, hand-colored. |
|---|---|
| Notes | ca. 181-. |
| Subjects | Hand-colored etching by George Cruikshank. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: SSF--Great Britain--Cartoons; SSF; Caricatures..., British--ca. 181-; Water pollution; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 825 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-121334 |
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