The Modern Egbert, or the King of Kings by Thomas Rowlandson

Hand-colored caricature of crowned figures rowing a Treasury barge on a river, with speech scrolls and a trailing boat.

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A hand-colored etching shows crowned, caricatured figures rowing a barge marked Treasury Barge along a river, with speech scrolls rising above them. A smaller boat trails behind with a seated figure in a feathered headdress, and a flag bearing a swan and the motto Devil take the hindmost is raised at the stern. The print is titled The Modern Egbert, or the King of Kings, attributed to Thomas Rowlandson and dated 1789.

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1789

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Public domain