Episode 365 – The Downhill Run

George 4 (May he live forever) is sick again but this time it may be real. He’s on the booze, the drugs and lots of tucker so is doing himself no favours. And his pet giraffe will die. Sad.

BAL15041 ‘Le Mort’, George IV (1762-1830), caricature of the King grieving the death of the giraffe at London Zoo, printed by J. Netherclift, and pub. by McLean, 1829, London, (hand-coloured engraving) by Doyle, John (H.B.) (1797-1868) (after); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; (add. info.: The pasha of egypt, Mehemet Ali, gave George IV a giraffe which died after arriving); Irish, out of copyright