Taffy's honor at stake, or, A hint to well regulated families vitae via virtus. [graphic]

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Title: Taffy's honor at stake, or, A hint to well regulated families vitae via virtus. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Hint to well regulated families
Creator: Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [September 1821]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Septr. 1821 by S.W. Fores, Picadilly [sic]
Abstract: "Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (Taffy), Lord and Lady Conyngham, and the King all approach the door of Wynnstay, part of the façade of which is accurately depicted on the left Lady Conyngham rides a stag with the head of her husband; she wears a coronet in which are the feathers of the Prince (or Princess) of Wales. Sir Watkin, in the foreground, gallops up on a goat with a collar inscribed Wynn St[ay]; he wears a leek in his hat and is further identified by a letter in his pocket: To Sir Wat ... He shouts to the porter: Porter! Shut all the W .... s out!! The man obeys by closing the door, saying, You shan't come in I tell you!! She answers: What do you mean fellow I belong to the Family. Just behind are the four horses of the King's travelling chaise. He looks from the window to ask: What's the matter?--but on hearing Sir Watkin's words, adds: I say Coachee! turn about and drive me to Plymouth! There is a background of trees and mountains."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Printed on watermarked paper.
Window mounted to 24.1 x 34.2 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted on leaf 104 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figures of "Sir W.W. Wynn" and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image; date "Sept. 1821" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of sixteen 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 of 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 22.7 x 32.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English