A bottle of smoak, or, A song of sixpence [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A bottle of smoak, or, A song of sixpence [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Song of sixpence
- Creator
- Marshall, John, Junior, active 1820, printmaker
- Contributor
- Marshall, John, Junior, active 1820, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [8 September 1820]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. Sep. 8, 1820, by John Marshall Junr., 24 Little St. Martins Lane
- Abstract
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"Ministers, much burlesqued, registering terror or anxiety, are grouped on either side of a large bottle of 'Evidence against the Queen' from which rise clouds of smoke, inscribed 'Lies' (four times) and 'Non mi Ricordo' [five times]. On the left sits Liverpool, saying: "We shall be all sent to the Devil." Next him Eldon scowls: "D--n that Non mi Ricordo." Wellington, fiercely anxious, stands behind Liverpool's chair holding a scimitar. Facing Liverpool sits Sidmouth, holding his clyster-pipe to his nostril, and exclaiming: "O! how reviving." Castlereagh exclaims: "Oh! L--d we shall be cast." Gifford says: "Oh! the secrets will come out." A seventh, (?) Harrowby, stands with a hand on the heads of Sidmouth and Castlereagh."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Six lines of verse in two columns below title: Sing a song of sixpence a bag full of lies, Four and twenty witnesses all prov'd to be Spies, Before the bag was open'd the ministers 'gan to sing, Oh! here we have a dainty dish to set before the King. But when the bag was open'd the Lords began to stare, To see their precious evidence all vanish into air.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 80 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figures of "Wellington," "Liverpool," "Eldon," "Castlereagh," and "Sidmouth" identified in ink at bottom of image; date "8 Sep. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of two lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print. - 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 : sheet 26.7 x 38.4 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Trials, litigation, etc
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name)
-
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826
Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, 1762-1847 - Subject (Topic)
-
Politicians
Anxiety
Fear
Bottles
Smoke
Evidence (Law)
Chairs
Daggers & swords
Medical equipment & supplies - Subjects
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Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Trials, litigation, etc
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Caricatures and cartoons
Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844 > Caricatures and cartoons
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826 > Caricatures and cartoons
Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, 1762-1847 > Caricatures and cartoons
Politicians > Great Britain
Anxiety
Fear
Bottles
Smoke
Evidence (Law)
Chairs
Daggers & swords
Medical equipment & supplies
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
19th century
Gee, Ernest R., 1878-1956 > Ownership
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 > Ms. notes
Gladstone, Robertson, 1805-1875 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 17409486
- Object ID (OID)
- 33245838