<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>The pageantry put off, or, The raree show adjourned [graphic].</dc:title><dc:creator>Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker</dc:creator><dc:date>[13 July 1820]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc: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 &amp; Waste, while thousands starve for Want? &amp; while your Royal Mistress suffer [sic] Scorn, Reproach &amp; 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, &amp;c."--British Museum online catalogue.</dc:description><dc:description>Title from etched below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>