"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
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"In a fantastic procession Napoleon, much burlesqued and very thin, is dragged and pushed to the sea-shore, where (right) a boat manned by the Devil waits to take him to Elba. Round his neck is a rope dragged by two dwarfish and ragged Frenchmen (righ...
Alternative Title:
Rogues march to the island of Elba
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 13th, 1814, by T. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838
"In a wheeled car, Louis XVIII careers down a wooden track (as on the Montagnes Russes in Paris), laid on a steep grass slope, towards a monster formed of a guillotine, from which diabolical talons extend, ready to clutch him. The car is partly throne...
Alternative Title:
Hint to the blind and foolish and Bourbon dynasty in danger!
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 10th 1823 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London
Subject (Name):
Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824 and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
"A sailor and a young woman dance a jig on the deck of a man-of-war, watched by a sailor leaning from the forecastle roof (right). They dance side by side, man's left arm raised, holding his hat, woman with hands on hips."--British Museum online catal...
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A lawyer, spectacles on forehead, seated in an arm-chair by a blazing fire (right), listens with quizzically twisted mouth and folded hands to a visitor with a grievance. Between them is a table with glasses, spirit-bottle, as well as a newspaper und...
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A lawyer, spectacles on forehead, seated in an arm-chair by a blazing fire (right), listens with quizzically twisted mouth and folded hands to a visitor with a grievance. Between them is a table with glasses, spirit-bottle, as well as a newspaper und...
"Each phrase of the title relates to one of the four women depicted who stand in a carpeted room, each with an appropriate picture behind her. [1] A pretty girl stands in profile to the left, eyes demurely downcast, finger to lips, holding up a corner...
Four designs arranged in three horizontal rows, each row having a title and descriptive text; the center row consists of two collectively titled panels
"The Princess of Wales and her suite in a carriage drawn by six horses arrive at the porte-cochère of the British Embassy in Vienna. At the gate and in front of the horses is a mounted groom or outrider blowing a trumpet, from which issue the words: '...
Alternative Title:
Royal visit to a foreign capital, or, The ambassador not at home!! and Ambassador not at home!!
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 15, 1817, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Carriages, Porters, Servants, and Embassies
