"Caricature on George IV who looks with horror at a projection on the wall from a magic lantern of a vision of the future with soldiers fighting an insurrection and politicians hanging from a lamp-post."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peep in the magic lanthorn and Peep in the magic lantern
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 1820 by Dolby, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
"Burke (three quarter length) as a showman bends over his magic lantern in profile to the right. In the upper part of the design is a draped sheet on which are the objects thrown by the lantern. These are (left to right): [1] an oddly shaped elephant ...
Description:
Title etched in bottom part of image.
Publisher:
Publd. 6th May 1788 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Oudh (Princely State)
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
"Burke (three quarter length) as a showman bends over his magic lantern in profile to the right. In the upper part of the design is a draped sheet on which are the objects thrown by the lantern. These are (left to right): [1] an oddly shaped elephant ...
Description:
Title etched in bottom part of image.
Publisher:
Publd. 6th May 1788 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Oudh (Princely State)
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
"Burke (three quarter length) as a showman bends over his magic lantern in profile to the right. In the upper part of the design is a draped sheet on which are the objects thrown by the lantern. These are (left to right): [1] an oddly shaped elephant ...
Description:
Title etched in bottom part of image.
Publisher:
Publd. 6th May 1788 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Oudh (Princely State)
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
"A 'conjuror' or magician displays to John Bull on a screen four scenes, one below the other, representing the expedition to Flushing. He wears a conical hat with a wide fur brim, and his magician's robe resembles that of the Chancellor of the Exchequ...
Alternative Title:
Kings conjurors amusing John Bull
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1809 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Chatham, John Pitt, Earl of, 1756-1835, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Katterfelto, Gustavus, -1799., and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792.
Subject (Topic):
Peninsular War, 1807-1814, John Bull (Symbolic character), Crocodiles, Curiosities & wonders, Dreaming, Magicians, Projectors, Robberies, and Ships
"The Devil (or a satyr) crouches behind a magic lantern whose handle he is turning. Its light is thrown on a draped sheet, speared to the wall by a fork. Facing the lantern, life-size and realistic, but apparently displayed by the lantern, stand (left...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Leaf 30. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Perceval, in back view, and in barrister's wig and gown, holds a magic lantern by which he displays the Pope in the guise of a ragged beggar, for the benefit of John Bull and the King. George III is seated on the throne and looks at the screen throug...
Alternative Title:
What is this spectre of affright, with which they would delude our sight? ...
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published by S. & H. Oddy, Oxford-Street, London and Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 10962 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, and Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, 1762-1847.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Projectors, Thrones, Telescopes, Ceremonial maces, Clergy, and Dogs
