Queen Consort of Great Britain and Electress Consort of Hanover (1683-1737)

A satyr on a pedestal kicks out at a magician while a priestess attempts to insert a clyster-pipe; depicting a play called 'The Golden Rump' representing King George II with his wife and Sir Robert Walpole. Engraving, 1737.

Caroline of Brandenburg-Anspach, queen consort to King George II of Great Britain, as Princess of Wales. Engraving by G. Vertue, 1724, after G. Kneller.

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