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… the celebrated animal in 1763. George Stubbs, ‘Zebra’, 1763, Yale Center for British Art, B1981.25.617. Satirical prints and songs about the zebra were produced as symbolic representations of the royal political rivalry and corruption. … prospect so charming! / What can surpass? / The delicate sight of her M------‘s A--?’. 1 This rude song surviving in a printed broadsheet is an example of the amusement that the Georgians derived from the zebra jokes and from the many … trust in Princes!’. 4 Alongside all of the jokes and satire about targeting the Queen and women’s exotic animals in a print culture dominated by a male elite, the zebra represented a deeper dimension in Georgian society which was immersed …
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