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The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder: A National Toy, With Fourteen Step Scenes; and Illustrations in Verse, With Eighteen other Cuts
By William Hone
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'The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder' is a satirical comic written and illustrated by William Hone. It features the lives of the nobility and royals during the reign of King George IV. Hone is best-remembered today for winning a court battle against government censorship in 1817, which marked a turning point in the fight for British press freedom.
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