"In the foreground John Bull, a drink-blotched 'cit', and George IV tug at a large pair of antlers. The King (right): "I tell you Bull I will wear them--I know they will become me--what am I allways to be disappointed." John wears a large white favour...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J.L. Marks, 28 Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Adultery, Antlers, Pulling, Fighting, Witnesses, Sailors, and Soldiers
"Two elderly men ('cits') stand submissively, while young wives hold large antlers to their foreheads. One (left) flourishes her husband's wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 12th July 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
"George IV sits full-face in a chair of state, in coronation robes, between Castlereagh (left) and Liverpool (right) who reach up to bind a pair of tall antlers on his forehead, with a Garter ribbon, inscribed 'Honi Soit Q . . Mal . y. Pe[nse]'. He ho...
Alternative Title:
King of the Cuckolds being crowned
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J.L. Marks, 37 Princes Street, Soho
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Hertford, Francis Ingram Seymour, Marquis of, 1743-1822, and Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Adultery, Ribbons, Scepters, Antlers, Chairs, Robes, and Bags
Volume 1, page 2. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A wife has chased her husband out of the house and comes up behind him, holding a broom above her head, ready to strike. He has stopped to pray, hands clasped in front of his chest. Through the open door of their house a chair and some shelves can be ...
