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1. A going! A going! the last time, A going! Down!!! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [13 April 1821]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 26. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A going! A going! the last time, A going! Down!!! [graphic]
2. The royal extinguisher, or, The King of Brobdingnag & the Lilliputians [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [7 April 1821]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 33. George Humphrey shop album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George IV (three-quarter length), surrounded by admiring Ministers, holds up a big extinguisher made of paper and inscribed 'Speech from the Throne', which he is about to place over a crowd of tiny Jacobins who surround the Queen and Alderman Wood. A...
- Alternative Title:
- King of Brobdingnag & the Lilliputians and King of Brobdingnag and the Lilliputians
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 7th, 1821, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Quixote, Don (Fictitious character)
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians, Fire extinguishers, Tables, Crowds, Documents, Torches, Money, Banners, Liberty cap, and Military uniforms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The royal extinguisher, or, The King of Brobdingnag & the Lilliputians [graphic]

