Stock Photo - Cartoon satirising the relationship between Caroline of Brunswick, wife of King George IV, and her manservant/courier, Bartolomeo Pergami (or Bergami). Here Pergami is depicted as Harlequin, and Caroline as a female Scaramouche, both based on Commedia dell'Arte characters. The book cover in the bottom right-hand corner, 'Hop Step and Jump .. from Dunghill to Barona' refers to the fact that through his relationship with Caroline, Pergami has risen from nowhere to the aristocracy.

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