"Wellington sits behind a small cloth-covered table flanked by eight other representations of himself, as depicted in recent caricatures, apparently all by W. Heath. The arrangement is evidently that of Charles Mathews' 'At Homes', see British Museum Satires No. 14714, &c., Wellington, like Mathews, being in propria persona at the table. In this guise he wears the robes (indistinguishable from Coronation robes) and collar of the Garter and the order of the Golden Fleece and a (crown-like) ducal coronet; his head is turned in profile to the right. Immediately below him, the head and hands of another Wellington, who is crouching on the floor, project from the tablecloth; he grasps a royal crown, and wears a cap coloured blue and resembling a tam-o'-shanter, but perhaps intended for a coronet. The other Wellingtons, all standing (left to right): [1] A mute as in British Museum Satires No. 15501, in profile to the right. [2] A Grenadier, full-face and rigidly at attention, much as in British Museum Satires No. 15768, but without the musket. [3] A ratcatcher stooping to the left and touching his hat, the cage in his left hand (cf. British Museum Satires No. 15806). [4] Aged and cloaked, wearing spectacles, with bowed head, he clasps a cross in both hands. [5] The old woman in a soldier's coat of British Museum Satires No. 15721, facing, and apparently in angry altercation with, the seated Wellington. [6] The coachman of British Museum Satires No. 15731, in profile to the left, holding shaft and lash of his whip as if they were the reins of a four-in-hand which he is driving. [7] Wellington in uniform, directed to the left, wearing his plumed cocked hat and holding up with a furtive expression a sword with a damaged blade in a dilapidated scabbard. [8] A mummy-case with an aperture to show Wellington's head with the forefingers compressing his mouth; below the aperture is the word 'Mum'. (Apparently from a satire on Wellington's silence as to his intentions on Catholic Relief until the eve of the opening of Parliament, see British Museum Satires No. 15659.) There is a background of curtains. Cf. British Museum Satires No. 15787."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
All the world's a stage &c. S-
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Publisher's annnouncement following imprint: ... sole publisher of P. Pry caricatures, none are original without T. McLeans name as publisher., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1828.
Publisher:
Pub. June 15, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835.
Subject (Topic):
Tables, Robes, Crowns, Military uniforms, Daggers & swords, Coach drivers, Sarcophagi, and Draperies
"Henry Hunt (right) hurls a jar of his 'Hunts Matchless Blacki[ng]' at the Lord Mayor (William Thompson). The Mayor, who wears his gown, raises the City mace defensively in both hands. Hunt registers frenzied rage; he holds a second jar in his left hand; at his feet is a paper: 'Petition against increased Duty on Coals'. Just behind him is a pugnacious coal-heaver clutching a blacking-jar; he says: 'Go it, my covey another black un--d--n me, if Blackey and Coaley can't do it the devil's in 'em.' The Mayor smiles, despite a cascade of blacking. Behind him and on the extreme left is a barrister in wig and gown, probably the Recorder (Newman Knowlys). He says: 'Mind what your at my hearty--keep up your favorite guard or he'll beat you as black as his own factory.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "A. Sharpshooter" is the pseudonym of John Phillips; see British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to: 25 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by S. Gans, 15 Southampton St., Strand
Subject (Name):
Hunt, Henry, 1773-1835, Thompson, William, 1793-1854, and Knowlys, Newman, 1758-1836
Subject (Topic):
Containers, Throwing, Robes, Ceremonial maces, and Petitions
"Lyndhurst stands beside a dressing-table (left), in shirt-sleeves, wearing his Chancellor's wig. He puts one hand into the arm-hole of a coat which a footman in livery holds out, saying, 'Your Lordship's Coat is become very threadbare for you know you turned it only last year--& it has been turned before that: so I much doubt if it will bear turning any more-- Can't you afford to buy a new one now her Ladyship earns her own Expenses?-- Doodle pays all her bills and gives her every thing she can wish for.' Lyndhurst: 'Alas! she'll get no more out of Doodle! he has quite kicked her off--She is just now gone to Cumberland to try after a service there which perhaps may enable me to keep still sitting on Wool, if I can but turn this Coat once more & look decent.' On a settee (right) are the mace, Purse of the Great Seal, and the Chancellor's gown."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella.
Publisher:
Pub. March 24, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Lyndhurst, Sarah Garay, Lady, 1795-1834., and Dudley, John William Ward, Earl of, 1781-1833.
Subject (Topic):
Dressing tables, Mirrors, Servants, Wigs, Coats, Ceremonial maces, and Robes
"Burdett (right) and Brougham (left) as chairmen, carry (left to right) a bottomless sedan-chair enclosing O'Connell, who is forced to walk rapidly, looking from the window towards Brougham to say 'Mighty like a walk this after all'. He wears barrister's wig and gown. The chair is surmounted by shamrock and is inscribed 'M.P.' The chairmen wear livery coats; Burdett is bareheaded, and wears his usual top-boots and breeches; Brougham wears barrister's wig and bands with a battered hat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Publisher's announcement following imprint: ... sole publisher of P. Prys caricatuers [sic]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Matted to: 30.1 x 41 cm., and Watermark: on matte only.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1829 by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
"A stout cylindrical shaft stretches across the upper part of the design, inscribed 'Manufactures & Commerce'. To this cling by both hands four ragged and desperate artisans, wearing aprons, but it has broken in the middle so that they, and others clinging to them, are about to fall into the swirling clouds at the base of the design. Two larger and stouter men, respectably dressed employers, cling frantically to the legs or garments of the four artisans. At the base of this inverted pyramid is a stout figure, half-bishop, half-King, clinging to coat-tails and pocket of the two men above him. A bloated episcopal face is half covered by a battered crown (right), while a large mitre tilts to the left, and the figure, Church and State, is clothed half in surplice (left), half in ermine-trimmed robe, with one episcopal leg, and one leg with a garter inscribed '[Hon]i Soit' [George IV as in British Museum Satires No. 15819 by the same artist]. Above the broken shaft is a large irradiated inscription: 'Manufactures & Commerce support the Workmen | they the Merchants & Masters who are the | chief tax payers & thereby support | The great tax eater Church-and- State.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by Robert Seymour; see British Museum catalogue., and Matted to: 45.6 x 31.5 cm.
Publisher:
Publishd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Artisans, Aprons, Crowns, Miters, Robes, Church & state, and Taxes
"O'Connell (unrecognizable) marches jauntily to a door on the extreme right, over which is a board inscribed 'St Ste[phens] To Trespassers Men-Traps--Constantly Set--Beware'; he is followed by an Irish mob, yelling and flourishing shillelaghs. He wears barrister's wig and gown with a mitre-shaped cap decorated with a cross, shamrock, and bells (emblem of folly). Under his right arm is a large book inscribed '1 & 2'; his left hand rests on a stout stick. His gown is held up by a ragamuffin and the procession is headed by a bloated priest who holds up on a bludgeon a placard: 'Unconditional Emancipation O C For Ever'; this is surmounted with shamrock. The crowd are evidently from St. Giles and similar Irish slums in London; two carry hods, emblem of the Irish builder's labourer or hodman. On the extreme left in the foreground is an Irish basket-woman, holding her basket, smoking a short pipe; she shouts 'Stop wid ye now--are ye goin to lave the ladies behind--ye blackguards.' She is barefooted, very ragged, and wears a soldier's jacket (cf. British Museum Satires No. 15721). See British Museum Satires No. 15759, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... wher [sic] political and other caricaturs [sic] are daily pub., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Matted to: 31 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847 and St. Stephen's Chapel (Westminster, London, England),
"Wellington, in uniform, stands in profile to the left, with sword erect. He has enormous ass's ears, and to his back the body and hindlegs of an ass are attached. With his left hand he holds a Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown over the ass's back. Above, and behind his head: I should be mad--or worse, than mad--to think of taking the office of P---- e M---- r."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., and Matted to: 45 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Pub by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Donkeys, Daggers & swords, and Robes
