[Frontispiece to Sultan Sham and his seven wives] [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- [Frontispiece to Sultan Sham and his seven wives] [graphic]
- Creator
- Marks, John Lewis, printmaker
- Contributor
- Benbow, William, 1787-1864, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1820]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by W. Benbow, 269 Strand
- Abstract
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"George IV, dressed as a Turk, marches arrogantly past a row of ladies of his harem, holding a large goblet whose contents are spilling. He wears a jewelled turban with the high peak of a fool's cap, terminating in a bell. The end of his long furred robe is held by a thin man (left) wearing a turban decorated with antlers to indicate Lord Conyngham; the latter's arms and legs are bare, and he shambles along, carrying a decanter. The King says: "Variety is charming. Constancy is not for me, so Ladies pray take warning." The seven ladies, all fat and all in quasi-Turkish dress with turbans, watch him intently."--British Museum online catalogue
"Illustration to a verse satire on the life of George IV, in which the villain is Queen Charlotte. The design may derive from prints of the Prince and Lord Jersey in 1796, especially Gillray's 'Grand-Signior retiring' (British Museum Satires No. 8807). In British Museum Satires No. 8809 there is a picture of the Prince as a Turk among his harem. Among the seven here depicted, but scarcely characterized, are probably, besides Lady Conyngham and Lady Hertford, the Duchess of Richmond, and Mrs. Quentin. The print appears in British Museum Satires No. 14030; a similar print is in British Museum Satires No. 14049."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title from British Museum catalogue.
Frontispiece to: Hudibras, the younger. Sultan Sham, and his seven wives. London : Printed and published by W. Benbow, 1820.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted on leaf 5 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Manuscript title "Front. to Sultan Sham & his seven wives" written in ink at bottom of sheet. Figures of "Ld. Conyngham" and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image; date "Nov. 1820" written in lower right. Typed extract of six 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 : plate mark 19 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 19.7 x 24.2 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.2 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Frontispieces
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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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832
Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834.
Richmond and Lennox, Charlotte, Duchess of, 1768-1842.
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861.
Quentin, Georgina. - Subject (Topic)
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Ethnic stereotypes
Harems
Mistresses
Drinking vessels
Turbans
Fools' caps
Robes
Adultery - Subjects
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834
Richmond and Lennox, Charlotte, Duchess of, 1768-1842
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
Quentin, Georgina
Ethnic stereotypes
Harems
Mistresses
Drinking vessels
Turbans
Fools' caps
Robes
Adultery
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
- 17424149
- Object ID (OID)
- 33245996