Intended statues for Waterloo Place [graphic]

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Title: Intended statues for Waterloo Place [graphic]
Creator: Marks, John Lewis, printmaker
Contributor: Marks, John Lewis, publisher.
Published / Created: [1821?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. J.L. Marks, 28 Fetter Lane, Fleet St.
Abstract: "Two figures, over life-size, on a low pedestal embrace; the King as Bacchus, nude except for a girdle of vine-leaves and grapes, and a wig decked with leaves; Lady Conyngham as Ariadne, a more classic figure, with drapery hanging from the hips. Against the pedestal leans a portfolio: Lady C------s Attitudes Suppressed. A connoisseur (right) gazes up through an eye-glass, saying, Bacchus was the God of Wine and good cheer, his 'favourite was Cxxxxxxm [lightly scored through] Ariadne, she was another mans Wife. Lord Conyngham (left), with antlers sprouting from his forehead, looks up at the statues; he says, Poh! Poh! this is never meant for Bacchus and Ariadne, It's more like my Wife and the * * * * or I'm no Cunning-sure I mean Connoisseur."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Publisher's statement etched within bottom part of image, on portfolio leaning against pedestal of statue.
Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted on leaf 4 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figures of "Conyngham" and "Lady Conyngham" identified in ink below image, with the additional identification of "George IV" written in pencil at bottom of sheet; the word "Suppressed" has been added in ink in the lower right, followed by the date "Nov. 1820."
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 : plate mark 35.1 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 35.9 x 25.4 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English