Adulation, or, A coronation oration by the Jack Pudding of the nation [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Adulation, or, A coronation oration by the Jack Pudding of the nation [graphic].
- Alternative Title
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Adulation, or, A coronation oration by the George Pudding of the nation
Coronation oration by the Jack Pudding of the nation
Coronation oration by the George Pudding of the nation - Creator
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [July 1821]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. July 1821 by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
- Abstract
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"George IV, crowned, and with orb and sceptre, sits on a coronation chair in Westminster Abbey (right). The Archbishop, well characterized, stands beside him, holding his mitre, his right hand on the chair. On the King's right hand stands Londonderry (Castlereagh) in Garter robes; other peers stand behind him. All watch the antics of Canning, dressed in parti-coloured clothes as a merry-andrew or buffoon. He kneels on the dais at the King's feet, arms flung wide; at his feet is a high-crowned hat with a peacock's feather; on the back of his tunic are the letters M P and P C. He declaims: The delight of the Nation at the Celebration of your Majesty's Coronation, the Exultation throughout the Creation exceeds all Imagination. the Expectation to which the Anticipation of this Consumation has given occasion is beyond Contemplation; we offer the Oblation of our Congratulation, without Hesitation or Trepidation; no Tribulation can effect a Cessation of the Sensation which pervades every Station; no Situation in whatever Deprivation will utter an Execration for the Association are in Preparation to effect an Extirpation of all Defamation. We hope the Expectation of a Decollation will produce Annihilation of all Deviation from strict Regulation; we submit to Subjugation without Hesitation, and we offer our Oration with gratefull Adoration upon this Jollification. The King composedly touches (or kicks) Canning's chin with his toe. Peeresses stand in a gallery across the north transept, holding their coronets. Above them is a second and more crowded gallery."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image; the name "George" is scored through and replaced by "Jack" written above.
Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue.
The identification of the jester as Canning is wrong. The jester has been identified as Admiral Sir Edmund Burke Nagle.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching ; sheet 23.1 x 32.8 cm.
Printed on wove paper with watermark "Fellows"; hand-colored.
Window mounted to 24.6 x 34.3 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 95 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figure of "George Canning" identified in pencil below image; date "July 1821" written in ink in lower right corner. Typed extract of eleven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted below 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 23.5 x 34 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
Watermarks (Paper)
Satires (Visual works) England 1821
Etchings England London 1821
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Watermarks (Paper) Fellows - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Nagle, Edmund, Sir, 1757-1830 - Subject (Topic)
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Interiors
Coronations
Spectators
Crowns
Scepters
Bishops
Miters
Robes
Kneeling
Feathers
Fools & jesters - Subjects
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822 > Caricatures and cartoons
Nagle, Edmund, Sir, 1757-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Interiors
Coronations
Spectators
Crowns
Scepters
Bishops
Miters
Robes
Kneeling
Feathers
Fools & jesters
England > 1821
England > London > 1821
19th century
Fellows
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
- 16785874
- Object ID (OID)
- 33246109