An Old Friend with a New Face or the Baron in Disguise

by Queen Caroline

$500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Etching on paper. 11-1/4 x 9 inches. Toned and spotted, a few small creases and closed tears at margins. BM Satires 14192. Item #314690 A satirical print of the American bison exhibited in the Strand in London. Advertised as the ''newly discovered'' Bonassus, the beast attracted some 200,000 spectators, including Queen Caroline and the Duke of Wellington. The Queen is shown in this print kissing the bison, who has the face of her alleged lover

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