Synopsis
'The following is the manner in which the King of France passes his time at St Cloud'. 'He has all the journals read to him'. Wearing a crown and dressing-gown, Charles X (at 5 a.m.) sits between two courtiers each reading a newspaper; two others stand behind, holding an ear-trumpet to each royal ear. He listens with angry dismay. The other designs ridicule the King who wears (except in 3) a crown throughout: as a gourmand he breakfasts, he kneels in grotesque devotion at mass, he sprawls on a sofa, shoots sparrows, is domineered over by his grandchildren, dines and sleeps.
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Sold by R. Ackermann; Richard Griffin & Co.; W. R. McPhun; McCallum & Co.; Edward West & Co.; Charles Smith & Co.
List of illustrations: Politics. | France. / Edinburgh town council. | The twa provosts. / Civic festivals. / Antiquities. | Beautiful ancient pitcher. / Shipping news. Voyage of a steam boat from Glasgow to Liverpool, continued from No. 5 | Scene 6. "'Twas night" to be continued / Sporting intelligence. | 12th. August. / History of a coat. concluded from No. 5. / Essay on modern medical education. | No: 1. The alarm, or the Kirk Yard in danger. | No. 2. The dead association. | No. 3. Watching and warding. / Glasgow | Police intelligence - most important!!! / The Colls. foot in it again / Summer amusements. Macintosh's waterproof life preserver.
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Credits
- Script
- William Heath
- Pencils
- William Heath
- Inks
- William Heath
- Letters
- William Heath
- Editor
- John Watson
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