"The King is on the throne (right), with five advisers seated at a round table at the base of the dais; all are thrown into confusion by the arrival of a top-booted messenger (left) who rushes into the room, hair on end, yelling, "The Queen's Arrived!!!" The terrified King screams: "The Devil!!!!" His wig stands on end and his crown falls off; a bottle of 'Curacoa' is upset. The Ministers are engaged on 'Plans for Divorce', a paper so inscribed is on the table; all register terror. The Archbishop of Canterbury says "The Lord have mercy on our vicked Souls," the pious Liverpool says "Amen." All are broadly burlesqued, with goggling eyes and large heads in the manner of Woodward's 'Long Heads' or 'Lilliputians' (cf. British Museum satires nos. 10604, 10889). See British Museum Satires No. 13730, &c."--British Museum online catalogue, description from probable copy of this print
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Robert Cruikshank based on expertise of Andrew Edmunds., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plate 2"--Upper left corner., For an Irish copy of nearly identical composition, see no. 13728 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 25.3 x 35.5 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 19 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Londondery [sic]," "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," and "Eldon" identified in black ink at bottom of sheet; identification of "Geo. IV" follows in red ink. Date "June 1820" written in lower right corner. Printmaker name "Robt. Crknk.[?]" added in pencil in lower left. Typed extract of four lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yd., Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1755-1828
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Politicians, Bishops, Messengers, Tables, Crowns, Wigs, Bottles, and Fear
King George IV and entourage laden with provisions, about to embark from Brighton in the Royal Yacht; representing the extravagant monarch's distressed retreat from England at the time of the Queen's trial and "George IV leads a procession to the waterside to embark in the royal yacht, preceded by the Attorney-General with a 'Green Bag' [see No. 13735] under each arm, and a bottle of 'Milan Brandy' [see British Museum Satires No. 13755, &c.] in each hand. The latter, much caricatured and with a malevolent countenance, says: "The Tide is against His Ma--je--ty but should He be able to clear Cuckolds Point [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13769] no doubt he will easily weather Cape Horn." The King, wearing sailor's trousers, rollicks along between Lady Hertford and Lady Conyngham (see British Museum Satires No. 13847), arm-in-arm with both and looking towards the latter. He holds in one hand a purse inscribed '2/6', in the other a bottle: 'Decoction of Bergamy', and wears a long watch-ribbon inscribed 'Non mi ricordo' [see British Museum Satires No. 13827]. Both ladies carry reticules inscribed '2/6' [half a crown, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13826]. Lady Hertford: "I hope your Ma--je--ty will not forget your promise (when in Hertford) to take a peep in Y--amouth [sic] Roads--as the Sea breezes might be beneficial." Lady Conyngham: "Don't doubt us your Ma--je--ty we shall never be wanting to lend a Hand to raise the Royal G . . . e." Behind walk Sidmouth and Castlereagh, the latter wearing a triangular hat, holding a scourge and fetters and with a package inscribed 'Irish Wiskey Triangular Proceedings' [see British Museum Satires No. 14135] under his arm. Sidmouth carries a 'Royal Medecine Chest' under his arm, with a clyster-pipe (cf. British Museum Satires No. 9849) inscribed 'Portable Soup'; on his head is a commode-pan inscribed 'Stink Pot for the Radicals'. He says: "Take care of the Green Bags, Stow 'em safe-- for should the Sea Water touch them they'll rot sooner than is expected--and his Ma--je--ty would run the chance of loosing half a Crown" [see British Museum Satires No. 13826]. They are followed by Liverpool and Canning, both wearing, like the King, top-hats ornamented with crowns, to show they are the King's servants. Liverpool has a pen behind his ear and carries two bags, one inscribed 'Pursers Profits', the other 'Nip Cheese 75 Per Cent'. He says "one and one makes two. Canning carries a weathercock (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13737) and says: "A fine Breeze and we shall soon be out of the scent of Cotton Yard [see British Museum Satires No. 13824] theres a kind of Vapour gathering in that Quarter that's likely to be very offensive, unless the rubbish is shortly removed!!" In the foreground on the extreme left walks Sir William Curtis, in the sailor's dress of the Walcheren Expedition, see British Museum Satires No. 11353, &c. He has a vast paunch inscribed 'The Orphans Fund' [see British Museum Satires No. 13706] and 'Blubber', and carries a large turtle, a knife, and a long spoon. He says: "Who so blythe so blythe as we to take a voyage a voyage to Sea Along with his great Ma--j--ty." Behind is a man carrying on his head a basket of kitchen 'Stores': gridiron, kettle, &c. The yacht 'Royal George' is in the background (right), flying the Royal Standard and with sailors in the rigging."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Robert Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 78 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Curtis," "Liverpool," "Sidmouth," "Londonderry," "Hertford," "Conyngham," and "Eldon" identified in ink below image; date "Sept. 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of six lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted above print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by E. Pritchard, Islington Green
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Canning, George, 1770-1827., Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822., Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826., Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828., and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844.
"Illustration to Pierce Egan's Life in London, page 341. A 'lounge' in Somerset House; the room is crowded with visitors holding catalogues, inspecting the pictures and each other. The upper pictures, chiefly portraits, are shown in detail, the others are hidden by the crowd. Among the visitors is the Persian Ambassador (see No. 13350), speaking to a fashionably dressed black man. Bound in the 1821 edition of Pierce Egan's Life in London, printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title form caption below image., Plate from: Egan, P. Life in London., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Mrs. Stopford -- Tom Best -- Long's Hotel (Bond Street).
A French man stands in profile to the right in front of his upturned chair, his hand on his protruding belly as if in pain, as an older woman sits at the table refilling his tea cup. A young woman stands behind the woman at the table, smiling behind a fan as she looks at the visitor. An older man sits at the table amused at the French man's distress. A dog drinks from a saucer under the table. The party is in evening dress, the curtains drawn, and a chandelier of four gas lamps hangs over the square tea-table laid with the tea service and tray
Alternative Title:
English manners and French politeness
Description:
Title etched above image. and Below image, five lines of text: A Frenchman not aware of the custom, constantly returned his cup without the spoon in it, which being immediately replenished by thelady of the house, he thought it a point of politeness to drink the contents which he continued to do, to the great surprise of the company until he perceived the lady pouring out the 14th cup, when he rose in great agony and cried, Ah! Madame excuse me I can take no more.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking, Etiquette, Foreign visitors, French, Manners and customs, and Tea parties
"Corinthian Tom, Jerry Hawthorn and Bob Logic seated and drinking at a table in a 'whistling shop' in the Fleet prison, the former two visiting the latter who has been imprisoned for debt, prisoners and other rough-looking men drinking, gambling and smoking in the dingy room, some standing by the fire, a man entering the room to the right with tennis rackets under his arm and a warden talking to a lady with two children; illustration to Egan's "Life in London""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Whistling shop Tom and Jerry visiting Logic on board the Fleet
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate from: Egan, P. Life in London.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from other prints in series., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., The Lewis Walpole Library: Multiple pen and pencil sketches on verso., and Temporary local subject terms: Courtrooms.
"A parody of G. Cruikshank's 'My Eye', see British Museum Satires No. 14168. The eye is as before but much enlarged, filling the design. It contains a printing-press, inscribed 'Radical Press', and on it rests the Queen's bust portrait wreathed in laurel, closely copied from British Museum Satires No. 14150. Below the eye: 'See Hone's eulogium on the Radical Press. I'll watch them [him] tame. Shakespeare' ['Othello', III. iii; quoted in British Museum Satires No. 14168]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Text at bottom of image: See Hone's eulogium on the Radical Press., Text in lower right corner of image: I'll watch them tame. Shakspeare., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 45 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1821 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
"A parody of G. Cruikshank's 'My Eye', see British Museum Satires No. 14168. The eye is as before but much enlarged, filling the design. It contains a printing-press, inscribed 'Radical Press', and on it rests the Queen's bust portrait wreathed in laurel, closely copied from British Museum Satires No. 14150. Below the eye: 'See Hone's eulogium on the Radical Press. I'll watch them [him] tame. Shakespeare' ['Othello', III. iii; quoted in British Museum Satires No. 14168]."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Text at bottom of image: See Hone's eulogium on the Radical Press., Text in lower right corner of image: I'll watch them tame. Shakspeare., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; sheet 14.9 x 22.3 cm., Printed on wove paper., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 69 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Q. Caroline" identified in ink at bottom of sheet; date "May 1821" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1821 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
