"George IV, dressed as a monk, stoops over Lady Conyngham (right), placing a hand on her breast. He is clean-shaven, his whiskers, inscribed 'Transferred Whiskers', form a border to a bald head, giving the effect of a tonsure. She is décolletée, dressed in white, with white drapery from her head, suggesting a travesty of a nun (cf. British Museum Satires No. 5177). He says: "Speak freely thou Cunning-one, and by St George, I will give thee Absolution--(let me see) a Faux-Pas, is no deadly sin, and loving other men, it is our duty to love each other." She says: "Since my Conversion (Holy Father) I feel much lighter you have put a new conscience into me." They are large half length figures, hiding much of the background. Behind the King (left) on a table are wine-bottle of 'Holy Water', goblet, open book, and crucifix. Above this is a picture of asses at table, drinking wine: 'Feast of Asses in honour of Balaam's a[ss]'. Behind Lady Conyngham (right) is a picture of a monk birching the bare back of her husband, who kneels, holding up a cross; on his forehead are large antlers: 'St Francis Doing Penance', placarded 'NB The origin of this Picture may be seen at Hamilton Place' [see British Museum Satires No. 13848]."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Anticipation of the Catholic Emancipation
Description:
Title etched below image., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 3 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and The figures of "Geo. IV", "Lady Conyngham", and "Ld. Conyngham" are identified in ink above title. Typed extract of one line from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J.L. Marks, No. 163 Piccadilly, 2 doors form [sic] St. James's Stree[t]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Monks, Drinking vessels, Crucifixes, Donkeys, and Antlers
Title from letterpress text below image, in Spanish. and Date of publication inferred from variant edition with letterpress text in English, published by J.B.G. Vogel and dated to 1808 in the British Museum catalogue. Cf. No. 11057 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8.
Publisher:
Printed by Harding and Wright ...
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Enghien, Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon, duc d', 1772-1804, Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823, Wright, John Wesley, 1769-1805, Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833, and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838
Subject (Topic):
Coats of arms, Devil, Pitchforks, Flags, French, Globes, Daggers & swords, Liberty cap, Roosters, Crucifixes, and Hourglasses
Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1868?]
Call Number:
868.00.00.02 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Dr. Price, seated in a armchair at a writing desk strewn with papers and quill pens, turns his head, a startled look on his face, as he confronts the enormous spectacled face of Edmund Burke peering at him, his long nose resting on the back of Price's chair. Burke holds in his hands a crucifix and crown and balances on his head a copy of his book "Reflections on the revolution in France". Two books lay on the floor-- "Treatise on the ill effects of Order & governance in Society" and "Sermon preached Novr. 4, 1789 ... before the Revolution Society."
Alternative Title:
Atheistical-revolutionist disturbed in his midnight "calculations"
Description:
Title from caption below image., Plate from: Caricature history of the Georges ... / by Thomas Wright .... London : J.C. Hotten, [1868], p. 452., Reduced copy of a print with the same title by Gillray, published by H. Humphrey in 1790. See no. 7686 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Figure of Richard Price identified by ms. note in pencil below image.
Publisher:
J.C. Hotten?
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):
Sermons, Criticism and interpretation, Politics and government, Crowns, Crucifixes, Ghosts, and Studies (Rooms)
Dr. Price, seated in a armchair at a writing desk strewn with papers and quill pens, turns his head, a startled look on his face, as he confronts the enormous spectacled face of Edmund Burke peering at him, his long nose resting on the back of Price's chair. Burke holds in his hands a crucifix and crown and balances on his head a copy of his book "Reflections on the revolution in France". Two books lay on the floor-- "Treatise on the ill effects of Order & governance in Society" and "Sermon preached Novr. 4, 1789 ... before the Revolution Society."
Alternative Title:
Atheistical revolutionist disturbed in his midnight calculations
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 27.2 x 37.7 cm., Sheet trimmed to / within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 60 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 3d, 1790, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):
Sermons, Criticism and interpretation, Politics and government, Crowns, Crucifixes, Ghosts, and Studies (Rooms)
Dr. Price, seated in a armchair at a writing desk strewn with papers and quill pens, turns his head, a startled look on his face, as he confronts the enormous spectacled face of Edmund Burke peering at him, his long nose resting on the back of Price's chair. Burke holds in his hands a crucifix and crown and balances on his head a copy of his book "Reflections on the revolution in France". Two books lay on the floor-- "Treatise on the ill effects of Order & governance in Society" and "Sermon preached Novr. 4, 1789 ... before the Revolution Society."
Alternative Title:
Atheistical revolutionist disturbed in his midnight calculations
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 3d, 1790, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797., and Price, Richard, 1723-1791
Subject (Topic):
Sermons, Criticism and interpretation, Politics and government, Crowns, Crucifixes, Ghosts, and Studies (Rooms)
"Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) in bed, supported on her right elbow, looks fixedly towards a warming-pan held by a stout woman who approaches the foot of the bed. In the perforations of the pan are stuck three ostrich feathers; a monk, holding up a crucifix, gazes down at it. Mrs. Fitzherbert wears a large frilled cap and a nightdress with ruffles. The fringed bed-curtains are looped up. On the extreme right is part of a draped table on which are a cup, bowl, and a large urn (probably materials for caudle). On the wall are three pictures: one, the 'Royal Hunt', a man galloping beside hounds; this has the motto 'Ich Ich' (in place of 'Ich dien') with three ostrich feathers. It is flanked by two profile heads facing each other: one is 'Wig', the other 'Torey', but they do not appear to be portraits. The carpet is patterned with Prince of Wales's feathers."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Attribution to Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's announcement following imprint: The compleatest [sic] collection in the kingdom. Admitce 1 Shilling., and Watermark: countermark W.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 17, 1789 by S.W. Fores at his Caricatura Exhibition Rooms, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Births, Canopy beds, Crucifixes, Monks, and Rugs
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Mrs. Jordan as Priscilla in Lloyd's The Romp -- Literature: allusion to Mrs. Jordan as Pickle in Bickerstaffe's The Spoil'd Child -- Morganatic marriages., and Watermark: I Taylor.
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Two stout ladies, dressed in long gowns, confront each other. Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) with her second the Prince of Wales faces in a confident manner the scowling and clumsy Mrs. Schwellenberg whose second, Pitt offers her a lemon. The furious German woman holds a massive sceptre in both her hands raised above her head ready to strick her opponent. All the figures have speech bubbles above their heads referencing the rights of the people, the Prince's morganatic marriage, Catholics, and the issue of money going to Germany
Alternative Title:
Political heat for Rege & Grege and Political heat for Rege and Grege
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from later state. Cf. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times. London, Chatto and Windus, [1873?], p. 107., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of subtitle., Earlier state, with the Prince of Wales's uncensored speech. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7501., and Watermark: L Taylor.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby 1, 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Regency, Censorship, Crucifixes, Fighting, Lemons, Royal marriages, British, and Scepters
Two stout ladies, dressed in long gowns, confront each other. Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) with her second the Prince of Wales faces in a confident manner the scowling and clumsy Mrs. Schwellenberg whose second, Pitt offers her a lemon. The furious German woman holds a massive sceptre in both her hands raised above her head ready to strick her opponent. All the figures have speech bubbles above their heads referencing the rights of the people, the Prince's morganatic marriage, Catholics, and the issue of money going to Germany
Alternative Title:
Political heat for Rege & Grege and Political heat for Rege and Grege
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Later state with the Prince's speech censored., Temporary local subject terms: Morganatic marriages: Prince of Wales's to Mrs. Fitzherbert -- Ficticious duels: Mrs. Fitzherbert and Mrs. Schwellenberg -- Allusion to Regency crisis, 1788 -- Lemons -- Literature: travesty of Nathaniel Lee's The rival queens., Watermark: Portal & Bridges., and Mounted to 27 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby 1, 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, and Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Regency, Censorship, Crucifixes, Fighting, Lemons, Royal marriages, British, and Scepters
