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The Father of the Nation?

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    • satire on the King

      Temperance Enjoying a Frugal Meal

This Gillray print is one of many which satirised the King in the 1790s, on this occasion rather mockingly referrring to his widely imagined fondness for saving money - in great contrast to his son!

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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The Father of the Nation?, © Kate Watson, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA.