The pageantry put off, or, The raree show adjourned [graphic].

Description

Title: The pageantry put off, or, The raree show adjourned [graphic].
Alternative Title: Raree show adjourned
Creator: Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [13 July 1820]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Pub. July 13, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Description: "The Queen (left), irradiated, wearing a gown patterned with astrological symbols, and holding a wand inscribed 'Vox Populi', steps from a circle of cloud, an apparition which terrifies the King and three of his Ministers (left). The King wears coronation robes, his crown rises from his head. The Queen says with a commanding gesture: "That Cap becomes you not alone [sic] Off with the Bauble tread it under foot! ['Taming of the Shrew', V. ii] tis not the time for Pageantry & Waste, while thousands starve for Want? & while your Royal Mistress suffer [sic] Scorn, Reproach & Persecution, from the Dastard Hands of Secret Enemies." The Ministers are Canning (?), Castlereagh, and Sidmouth. The King's chair is overturned. See British Museum Satires No. 13769, &c."--British Museum online catalogue.
Title from etched below image.
Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue.
Watermark: J. Whatman 1818.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; June 2024.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.5 x 35 cm, on sheet 26.2 x 38 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English