A caricature of Queen Caroline embracing her lover Bartolomeo Bergami
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath; see Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue registration no.: 1949,1008.49., Probably a later state, with the text "Le cannon est en bas" added at end of title. For a variant state lacking this text, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 820.08.28.01+., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 28, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
An equestrian portrait of the Marquess of Anglesey shows him riding a prancing horse in a park. Both his hands grasp the horse's reins
Description:
Title from caption below image., Possibly a variant of no. 14066 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10, where the rider is described as having his right hand on his hip., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Anglesley, Henry William Paget, Marquis of, 1768-1854,
"Caricature with Britannia and her lion, with the help of 'A Nation's Love', protecting Queen Caroline from the attacks of her accusers in Parliament."--British Museum online catalogue and Portrays Princess Charlotte defending her mother against attacks by George IV and his ministers
Description:
Title etched below image., With large manuscript lettering "Oh my mother, my mother" in ink above image; impression at the British Museum (registration no.: 1983,0305.31) has the same phrase written in the same place., "Argus" was an early pseudonym of Charles Williams; however, three other prints signed "Argus" from 1820 have been attributed in the British Museum catalogue to William Heath (as have others from this time period with S.W. Fores's address spelled "Picadilli" in imprint). See page 799 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Possible artist's device follows the "Argus" signature in lower right: A cross above a circle divided into quarters., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: Weatherley & Lane 1818., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 70 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline," "Eldon," "Londondery [sic]," "Sidmouth," "Liverpool," and "Geo. IV" identified in ink below image; date "23 Aug. 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 23, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Britannia (Symbolic character), Lions, Shields, Spears, and Politicians
"A large quasi-cylindrical Green Bag, see British Museum Satires No. 13735, stands at an angle with the ground like a mortar (and suggesting the Regent's Bomb, see British Museum Satires No. 12799), aimed at the Queen (left), who stands with right arm raised, left hand on breast, demonstrating innocence. Castlereagh touches it with a firebrand inscribed Lies, as if putting a match to a touch-hole; flames and papers shoot from the bag, but strike against the large shield, inscribed "Truth" and "Inocence," held by a woman in classical draperies, who is air-borne above the Queen, and raises the flaming sword Justice. She says fiercely: "Back to your Native Hell." She and the Queen are irradiated by a sun in the upper left corner. The flames are inscribed "Adultry" and "Charges"; the papers are "Evidence of the Baron Ompteda Lies &c" [see British Museum Satires No. 13745]; "Adultry with a servant" [Bergami]; "Charges." The blasts of flame strike on the shield and ricochet back against Castlereagh and his supporters, and downwards upon writhing serpents and a skull which have come out of the bag. These boomerang-flames are "Charges Repeld" and "Charges"; they terminate in great clouds of "Smoke." Behind Castlereagh (the only one who stands his ground, though alarmed) are Sidmouth holding his nose, (?) Sir John Leach (see British Museum Satires No. 13740), and two others, poorly characterized; these four are escaping to the right."--British Museum catalogue and A satire on Viscount Castlereagh as a leader in the prosecution of Queen Caroline
Alternative Title:
Green bag open'd and Green bag opened
Description:
Title etched below image., "Argus" was formerly a pseudonym of Charles Williams, but in this case an attribution to William Heath is instead suggested; see page 799 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Watermark: J. Whatman 1819., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 43 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and The figures of "Caroline" and "Londondery [sic]" are identified in black ink in lower margin; date "10 July 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of twelve lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Publd. July 10th, 1820, by Richd. Fores, 71 Leadenhall Street, Aldgate
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
"A stuffed figure of George IV, heavy, inert, and puppet-like, wearing royal robes and with massive antlers on his forehead, is supported by his three chief Ministers. Under his legs are two prostrate men; his left foot is planted on the face of one who wears the remains of a tattered shoe. Sidmouth takes his right leg and holds it out towards the Queen, who escapes to the left. She is protected by John Bull, a stout countryman, who smashes the King's extended leg with a cudgel of 'oak', breaking off the foot. John, with clenched fist, says: "Dom thee, what Kick a defenceless Woman 'the Cowardly Rascal!" Castlereagh and Liverpool (right) support the King's shoulders. Behind (right) is a copy of British Museum Satires No. 13765: the King sleeps in a cradle (as in British Museum Satire No. 13764, &c.) rocked by Lady Conyngham, who sings: "hush my babe lie still & slumber 'tis Eliza guards thy Bed." The cradle is decorated with a pagoda, the Royal Arms, and a nude obese squatting Chinese, symbolizing the King. The Queen, looking behind her vengefully, escapes towards a Chinese doorway. Chinese paintings decorate the wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Text below title: *Vide Mr. Marsh's incomparable speech (at Reading) both for wit & point., Occasioned by a speech at Reading by Henry Marsh, a Berkshire magistrate. See: The Times, 11 December 1820., Publisher's announcement in lower right: Pub. by Fores 41 Piccadilli [sic] with a caricature print at top price 1s./-., Watermark: G. Pike 1820., Window mounted to 25.1 x 34.5 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 36 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline," "Sidmouth," "Geo. IV [stuffed figure]," "Londondery [sic]," "Liverpool," "Lady Conyngham," and "Geo. IV [as infant]" identified in ink below image; date "26 Dec. 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 26, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, John Bull (Symbolic character), Adultery, Mistresses, Robes, Antlers, Infants, Cradles, Coats of arms, and Doors & doorways
"Satire: the Green Bag is opened and a clutch of devils emerge as the Cabinet flees in horror."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Feinds of Hell let loose
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Robert Cruikshank in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,0119.98., On the charges brought against Queen Caroline., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Printed on watermarked paper., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 43 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Eldon," "Londondery [sic]," and "Sidmouth" identified in ink at bottom of sheet; date "8 July 1820" written in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. 8 July 1820 by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
"The Dey of Tunis, a fat Turk, sits cross-legged on one mattress (left), the Princess of Wales, in Turkish costume, on another; her huge breasts are immodestly bare. He smokes a long pipe, and puffs smoke sideways towards his visitor with an inscrutable expression; beside him are coffee-pot and cup. She smokes a hookah; a bottle of 'Coniac' and a glass are beside her. A Tunisian with a long beard and baggy breeches stands between them, staring and bowing towards the Princess; he says: "His Highness Trusts the endeavours of his household for your Gratification is successful and that happiness in the Halb of the Faithfull attends you." She answers: "their Assiduities are unceasing I am as Happy as the Dey [altered to] Day is Long!!!" Behind her couch stands Bergami, in hussar costume with three orders; he scowls with clenched fists, saying: "this is an unfortunate Dey for me Othellos occupation's gone.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Royal visit to the Dey of Tunis or the Great Plenipo
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Satire on George IV and Queen Caroline., Printed on watermarked paper., Window mounted to 24.3 x 34.3 cm, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 47 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline" and "Bergami" identified below image in different hands, the former in ink and the latter in pencil; date "20 July 1820" written in ink in lower right. Typed extract of one line from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted at bottom of mounting sheet.
Publisher:
Pub. July 20, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Ethnic stereotypes, Smoking, Pipes (Smoking), Water pipes (Smoking), Seating furniture, Alcoholic beverages, and Military uniforms
"The Queen (left), irradiated, wearing a gown patterned with astrological symbols, and holding a wand inscribed 'Vox Populi', steps from a circle of cloud, an apparition which terrifies the King and three of his Ministers (left). The King wears coronation robes, his crown rises from his head. The Queen says with a commanding gesture: "That Cap becomes you not alone [sic] Off with the Bauble tread it under foot! ['Taming of the Shrew', V. ii] tis not the time for Pageantry & Waste, while thousands starve for Want? & while your Royal Mistress suffer [sic] Scorn, Reproach & Persecution, from the Dastard Hands of Secret Enemies." The Ministers are Canning (?), Castlereagh, and Sidmouth. The King's chair is overturned. See British Museum Satires No. 13769, &c."--British Museum online catalogue., Title from etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1818.
Publisher:
Pub. July 13, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
"The Queen (left), irradiated, wearing a gown patterned with astrological symbols, and holding a wand inscribed 'Vox Populi', steps from a circle of cloud, an apparition which terrifies the King and three of his Ministers (left). The King wears coronation robes, his crown rises from his head. The Queen says with a commanding gesture: "That Cap becomes you not alone [sic] Off with the Bauble tread it under foot! ['Taming of the Shrew', V. ii] tis not the time for Pageantry & Waste, while thousands starve for Want? & while your Royal Mistress suffer [sic] Scorn, Reproach & Persecution, from the Dastard Hands of Secret Enemies." The Ministers are Canning (?), Castlereagh, and Sidmouth. The King's chair is overturned. See British Museum Satires No. 13769, &c."--British Museum online catalogue., Title from etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.2 cm, on sheet 25 x 34.7 cm., Printed on laid paper with watermark "J. Whatman 1818"; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 45 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Caroline," "Geo. IV," "Londondery [sic]," and "Sidmouth" identified in black ink below image; date "13 July 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of four lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pub. July 13, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
