This accurate representation of Edward Oxford shooting at the Queen, on being held before a strong light, magically discovers the means which saved old England's hope from the assassin's aim!! God saved the Queen! W. Clerk, lith., 202 High, Holborn, British Cartoon Print
Summary
Print shows Edward Oxford shooting at Queen Victoria as she rode in a carriage with Prince Albert on Constitution Hill on June 10, 1840.
In: Unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Cartoons, 1655-1832 ... not in the published catalogs of the British Museum," compiled in 1968 (NC 1470.M4. Vol.1).
Printed at bottom: "(Designed by the Great Wizard!)."
Not found in British Museum Catalogue (BMC).
Most images available on microfilm, "British Political and Social Cartoons, 1655-1832, not in the British Museum," produced by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1970 (Microfilm LOT 12022). Unpublished checklist provides captions for images on microfilm.
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
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