File:The Munchauseness of Herford!!! Mounted on the R-ts Bomb.jpg

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J. Lewis Marks
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English: "The Munchauseness of Herford!!! Mounted on the R-ts Bomb." Lady Hertford ( Isabella Anne Ingram Shepherd, 2nd Marchioness of Hertford) pictured sitting astride the giant mortar known as the Regent's Bomb. She is pictured holding a match, and saying, "I'll set light to the Touch-ole and see if it will give the Bomb! any extra motion, and should a couple of Balls give a mortal blow to R-d [Richmond], it will be a lucky Stroke."
Date May 1819
date QS:P571,+1819-05-00T00:00:00Z/10
Medium hand-coloured etching
Credit line Courtesy of the British Museum, London.
Source/Photographer British Museum [1]

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