<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>A scene at Hamilton Place, or, Cunning condescension!! [graphic]</dc:title><dc:creator>Marks, John Lewis, printmaker</dc:creator><dc:date>[1821?]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>"George IV stands on the doorstep of a London house, his hat under his arm. Lord Conyngham, standing beside him, and bowing low, motions him towards the open door. The King asks: Is your Wife at Home, holding up his right hand so that the fingers simulate horns above the Marquis's head. The latter, who wears a court suit, answers: At your Service! Lady Conyngham peeps from a ground-floor window, saying, He's coming 'pon my Honour. John Bull (right), a sturdy fellow in ill-fitting brown wig and gaiters, and with a heavy cudgel for walking-stick, walks towards them along the pavement. He registers astonishment, saying, Dash my Wig! A footman looks up from the area (left), saying, Cuckoo and holding up two fingers derisively. On the wall: Hamilton Place. ..."--British Museum online catalogue</dc:description><dc:description>Title etched below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue.</dc:description><dc:description>Sheet trimmed within plate marks.</dc:description><dc:description>Twenty-four lines of verse are engraved on a second plate printed below; they begin "My island home dear Frank you know, is here thy smiling looks ..." and end "Thy charms will make each place appear, to me my island home."</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>