The Frogs Rejecting their King by John Cawse (1799)

Hand-coloured 1799 caricature of human figures in period dress beside frogs on grass, illustrating an Aesop fable.

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A hand-coloured satirical print titled The Frogs Rejecting their King, dated 1799 and attributed to John Cawse. It shows a group of grotesquely caricatured human figures in period dress, including women in tall bonnets and men in top hats, while small frogs crouch on the grass below, and a caption quotes an Aesop fable about a monarch treated with contempt.

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1799

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