"Brougham, seated in profile to the right in a chair inscribed Place, makes a bonfire on the floor of documents and his Old Stuff gown. This he holds over the flames on a levelled broomstick, the broom being inscribed Treasury Broom. Under one foot is a paper inscribed Opposition. He says: I think I shall cut a dash with my new gown; so here goes for the old one--Silk against Stuff for any money. But this worn out concern stinks most damnably: tis true, a great deal of dirty work has been done in it and it was only stuff at first:--it now emits more smoke than flame; yet I can distinguish a magic picture through this volume of vapour. O, glorious precedence! "Tam venerabile erat praecedere" Juvl. The burning papers are: March of Intellect [see British Museum Satires No. 15178], Liberty [of the] Pres[s], Blacks, Catholic Emancipation, Mulatoes, Reform. The smoke from the fire is inscribed Independence, Patriotism, Public Charities, Vapour, Retrenchment. Behind him (left) his new gown hangs on a stand made of an upright which supports his new wig, and a cross-bar inscribed Treasury. The gown is Patent New Silk. Partly concealed by the smoke is the 'magic picture': Anticipation; the Purse of the Great Seal suspended above mace and sword. Below the picture is a big bag stuffed with Briefs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Matted to: 31 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by E. King, Chancery-Lane
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Consequence of invading matrimonial rights & privileges
Description:
Title from caption below image., Four lines of verse below title: "These little quarrels often prove to be but new remits of love ...", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Pyall & Hunt, 18, Tavistock Street
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Couples, Fighting, Fishing, Fishing & hunting gear, and Wigs
Print shows George Canning standing on the left holding a broom and a bag of money labeled "Gold" which he is giving to Henry Brougham who wears the dress of a German broom-girl over his parliamentary clothing and "Canning (left), in a court suit with bag-wig and sword, stands outside the door of the Treasury completing a bargain with Brougham. The latter is dressed as a German broom-girl as in British Museum Satires No. 14769, &c, with legal bands and a little cap perched on his barrister's wig, and very clumsy legs and feet. He has handed Canning his broom and takes in return a bag of Gold; his new silk gown is in his left hand. Canning says: Here's Money, and a hansome [sic] Silken Gown. Brougham watches Canning with a penetrating appraising smile; he answers: For my Proom, I could not take mush less."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Matted to: 45 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1827 by T. McLean, Hay-Market
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868., and Canning, George, 1770-1827.
"Eldon, in wig and gown, seated in an armchair, on which are the Royal Arms, leans forward to place a paper folded to form an extinguisher and inscribed Judgment over a tiny man who leans back, terrified. Eldon gazes sternly down at the mannikin, Wellesley-Pole, who holds out a large paper: Purity of my Morals--Constancy Shewn to my Wife. On the floor (left) is another paper: Grounds on which I claim the Education of Childr[en]."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vice and proeligacy extinguished by equity
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using the letter "Q" within an open pentagon. Questionablly attributed to T.H. Jones in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mattet to: 44.5 x 30.9 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1827 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Mornington, William Long Wellesley, Earl of, 1788-1857, and Wellesley, Catherine Tylney-Long, -1825.
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Coats of arms, Wigs, Robes, and Fire extinguishers
