Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 2 by Joseph Grego

7. Illustration to 'Edwin and Matilda' Jan. 1 "

The Beach King discovering himself to Matilda:-- A truncheon of coral he grasp'd in his hand, Which, tho' pond'rous, with ease he could swing: Thus array'd was the monster so fear'd thro' the land; Thus horribly form'd, by Matilda did stand The mighty, enormous Beach King.