"The Queen stands beside the King, taking his arm; he drives away and kicks Lady Conyngham, who is surrounded by four other fugitives. He says: "Out ye Harlots--for such as you Kings have come to beggary--for such as you Kings have been Idolist [sic]--for such as you Kings have been Adulterers;--yea even lost their crowns!--God save the Queen--." Lady Conyngham answers, weeping, "Ah G--ge there was a time you did not use me thus--when you call'd me your Cunning -one." One of the women has fallen prone; she exclaims: "O how hath the mighty fallen." On the extreme right and next the Queen stands a bishop with a drink-blotched profile. He reads from a book: "Thou shalt not commit Adultery.--Put no faith in a woman that is wife to another; for she who is not constant to her husband will never be so to you,--for she who hath her husband to deceive every day, can deceive a gallant at leisure!"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Benefit of clergy
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Text following title: From the cottage to the crown, 'Tis folly all alike, he cries; How few endeavour to be wise. Royal Fables., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 46 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Lady Conyngham & other mistresses," "Geo. IV," and "Caroline" identified in black ink below image. Typed extract of three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J.L. Marks, 28 Fetter Lane
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
"Two figures, over life-size, on a low pedestal embrace; the King as Bacchus, nude except for a girdle of vine-leaves and grapes, and a wig decked with leaves; Lady Conyngham as Ariadne, a more classic figure, with drapery hanging from the hips. Against the pedestal leans a portfolio: Lady C------s Attitudes Suppressed. A connoisseur (right) gazes up through an eye-glass, saying, Bacchus was the God of Wine and good cheer, his 'favourite was Cxxxxxxm [lightly scored through] Ariadne, she was another mans Wife. Lord Conyngham (left), with antlers sprouting from his forehead, looks up at the statues; he says, Poh! Poh! this is never meant for Bacchus and Ariadne, It's more like my Wife and the * * * * or I'm no Cunning-sure I mean Connoisseur."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher's statement etched within bottom part of image, on portfolio leaning against pedestal of statue., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 4 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Conyngham" and "Lady Conyngham" identified in ink below image, with the additional identification of "George IV" written in pencil at bottom of sheet; the word "Suppressed" has been added in ink in the lower right, followed by the date "Nov. 1820."
Publisher:
Pubd. J.L. Marks, 28 Fetter Lane, Fleet St.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, Dionysus (Greek deity), and Ariadne (Greek mythological character)
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Sculpture, Portfolios, Hand lenses, and Antlers
"George IV sits on the throne, surrounded by kneeling women; he takes the hand of Lady Conyngham, who proffers their address: "Loyal Address of the Married Ladies." She says: "We the humble and Loyal Married Ladies feel ourselves bound in due veneration to your most sacred person to present to you our sincere thanks for the many tokens of Love we the Loyal Married Ladies have laid under and we humbly acknowledge the favours our Husbands as [sic] experienced through the medium of us the Loyal Married Ladies!!!--" Behind her, a second lady, resembling Lady Hertford, looks startled. With them is a third, perhaps Mrs. Quentin. Behind the throne, which he clasps, stands Hertford (or Conyngham, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13847) holding a staff topped by antlers; he gapes at the speaker, saying, "I never heard a speech from a Lady so Cunning--." The King adds "Hum!" On his right stands Bloomfield, looking slyly sideways at his master. Both wear frilled muslin boudoir-caps. There is no dais, and on the right two grovelling women kiss, one the King's left foot, the other his thigh. A third kneels beside them. On the left is a black woman, who says: "God bless Massa he kiss his black servant in the kitchen at Brighton [see British Museum Satires No. 13208, &c.], my good Massa, make no distinction, Black or White, Massa Love'm all." On the extreme left is the profile of a noseless prostitute. On the King's throne is half a (bisected) crown, emblem of the repudiation of Queen Caroline, see British Museum Satires No. 13826."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Loyal married ladies address to the King
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Two lines of quoted text following title: "Which both by Art and Nature made is, "The sport of sense, the toy of ladies. Royal Fable., Watermark, mostly trimmed: 1819[?]., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 82 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Typed extract of thirteen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
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, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Quentin, Georgina, Hertford, Francis Ingram Seymour, Marquis of, 1743-1822, and Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Thrones, Women, Kneeling, Kissing, Antlers, Prostitutes, and Crowns
