"An imitation of British Museum Satires No. 6015, Gillray's 'Ahitophel in the Dumps'. Liverpool, emaciated and despairing, and much caricatured, rides an ass along a road on a desolate heath towards a gibbet (left), to which carrion birds are flying. ...
Alternative Title:
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 31st, 1821, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844., Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., and Ahithophel (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Despair, Donkeys, Vultures, Nooses, Gallows, Bags, and Medical equipment & supplies
"A spectacled auctioneer (the well-known Squibb) stands full-face in his rostrum with hammer raised, pointing downwards at a misshapen brass (yellow) figure of Queen Caroline in quasi-classical draperies, her arms akimbo, and displaying an ungainly le...
Alternative Title:
Going! A going! the last time ... and To be sold by public auction, by Mr. Squib at Bullock's rooms ...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Aprial [sic] 13, 1821, by G. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Squibb, George, approximately 1764-1831, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., Bullock, William, 1773-1849., and Xanthippe.
Subject (Topic):
Auctions, Auctioneers, Stages (Platforms), Gavels, Sculpture, Documents, and Liberty cap
