The ne-plus-ultra of seamen alias Ultra-Marine [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The ne-plus-ultra of seamen alias Ultra-Marine [graphic].
- Creator
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Contributor
- Johnson, James, active 1810-1827, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [approximately December 1820]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by J. Johnston, 98 Cheapside
- Abstract
-
"The Duke of Clarence, in admiral's uniform, stands with his back to the sea, gazing upwards and to the left with a malignant stare; his right fist is clenched; in his left hand he clutches papers docketed 'Calu[mnie]s'. He declaims (adapting Satan's address to the sun, 'Paradise Lost', iv, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13896, &c.): "O thou that with surpassing Glory shine, "And in whose train the stars attendant wait, Of thee I speak, but with no friendly Voice, And add thy name O Cinthia to tell thee How I hate thy brightness!!!" He apostrophizes the moon, a disk in the sky enclosing a bust portrait of the Queen, on a dark ground patterned with large five-pointed stars which are partly covered by cloud (hiding 'their diminished heads'). In the sea behind is a man-of-war in full sail, the 'Queen Caroline' (left), firing a stern-shot at the Duke; she flies a large flag on which are the Royal Arms, with the motto: 'Honi. soit qui mal y pense', and two pennants: 'Vox Populi' and 'Victoria'. A ship's boat, the 'True Blue' (right), is rowed by sailors; the helmsman stands up to wave his hat and shout towards the Duke's back "The Queen for Ever!!!" One asks: "Jack is that a Sailor!" Another answers: "Da--n me if I know there's no English true blue about him!" Below the title: 'Our Duke and no Duke, what with looking so blue In his coat and his learning, and chastisement too; His tricks on such Ultra-top-gallant mast pinnacles, -- Pestering lieutenants and poking at binnacles; -- Ultra opinions, and ultra suggestions, Cross quips, and cross quiddits, and very cross questions; His going so far beyond all other sailors, In cutting up true-blues, to brush up with tailors; And doing what never was yet done by seamen, By crossing the line of all feeling tow-rds women; Has played such a part to discolour the Queen, That the wags have entitled him Ultra-Marine.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching ; plate mark 35 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 35.5 x 25.2 cm.
Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted on leaf 94 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figure of "Clarence" identified in ink at bottom of sheet. Typed extract of eight 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 33.9 x 24 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 724 835G v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Page 37. George Humphrey shop album.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Humphrey, G., 1773-1831?, collector.
- Collection Date
- [London], [not after 1821]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830. - Subject (Topic)
-
Admirals
Military uniforms
Stars
Ships
Flags
Sailors - Subjects
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William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Admirals
Military uniforms
Stars
Ships
Flags
Sailors
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
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13880026
- Object ID (OID)
- 33245880