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1. The pageantry put off, or, The raree show adjourned [graphic].

Creator:: Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:: [13 July 1820]
Call Number:: 820.07.13.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Raree show adjourned
Description:: "The Queen (left), irradiated, wearing a gown patterned with astrological symbols, and holding a wand inscribed 'Vox Populi', steps from a circle of cloud, an apparition which terrifies the King and three of his Ministers (left). The King wears coronation robes, his crown rises from his head. The Queen says with a commanding gesture: "That Cap becomes you not alone [sic] Off with the Bauble tread it under foot! ['Taming of the Shrew', V. ii] tis not the time for Pageantry & Waste, while thousands starve for Want? & while your Royal Mistress suffer [sic] Scorn, Reproach & Persecution, from the Dastard Hands of Secret Enemies." The Ministers are Canning (?), Castlereagh, and Sidmouth. The King's chair is overturned. See British Museum Satires No. 13769, &c."--British Museum online catalogue., Title from etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1818.
Publisher:: Pub. July 13, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
Subject (Topic):: Divorce, Robes, Crowns, and Fear
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The pageantry put off, or, The raree show adjourned [graphic].