Design for a Regency
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This satire, published during the reign of William IV, imagines the power structure should Princess Victoria inherit the crown as a child. Her mother, the Duchess of Kent, sits on a throne holding the orb and looking at Victoria on the knee of her uncle Prince Leopold (the duchess's brother). In a Council Chamber at right the Duke of Wellington presides saying "As president of the Council—who shall gainsay me—," supported by armed grenadier guards, with William IV in an inconspicuous position.
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