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Title(s):

Windsor pair : daily seen at the royal table.

Published/Created:
[England] : [s.n]., [183-?]
Physical Description:
[1] sheet : ill. ; 24 x 19 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 W44 1830z+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
A transformation with a punning title. The scene of William and his consort, Adelaide, is revealed by lifting up part of an illustration of a pear. The word 'pear' at the bottom of the sheet has the 'ea' in the word crossed out and replaced by 'ai'.
Publisher could by Charles Tilt who issued similar transformations, including one showing Victoria and Albert.
Concise encyclopaedia of antiques, p. 209
Gernsheim, Helmut. Victoria R.,. p. 68
Subject Terms:
Adelaide, queen consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849 -- Pictorial works.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Pictorial works.
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- [183-?].
Metamorphic pictures.
Recreations -- Great Britain.
Contributors:
Tilt, Charles, 1797-1861.
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