Opening the green bag, or, The feinds of Hell let loose disappointing to the hopes of the Parliament, derogatory from the dignity of the Crown, & injurious to the best intrest of the Empire. [graphic]

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Title: Opening the green bag, or, The feinds of Hell let loose disappointing to the hopes of the Parliament, derogatory from the dignity of the Crown, & injurious to the best intrest of the Empire. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Feinds of Hell let loose
Contributor: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, attributed name.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [8 July 1820]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Pub. 8 July 1820 by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Abstract: "Satire: the Green Bag is opened and a clutch of devils emerge as the Cabinet flees in horror."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Robert Cruikshank in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,0119.98.
On the charges brought against Queen Caroline.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Printed on watermarked paper.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 43 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figures of "Eldon," "Londondery [sic]," and "Sidmouth" identified in ink at bottom of sheet; date "8 July 1820" written in lower right corner.
Provenance: Sold by London's Dulau and Company to the New York City bookseller Ernest R. Gee in 1928. Earlier ownership by W.E. Gladstone is suggested by a manuscript note from Dulau formerly laid into the front the first volume (now in the object file), which states that "These came from the Gladstone Library at Court Hey, Broad Green. The manuscript notes written below the caricatures are in the handwriting of W.E. Gladstone." William Reese Company; February 2024.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.6 x 35 cm, on sheet 25 x 35.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English