"A counterblast to British Museum Satires No. 14110, and an imitation of its manner, in the guise of a companion plate. As in that plate, a zebra with a man's head stands in an oval bandbox, but in profile to the right. The head is (presumably) Lord Conyngham; the creature is grey, scraggy rather than plump as before, and with much longer (ass's) ears. On it sits Lord Francis Conyngham; in place of the Queen's bandbox is a larger box, torn to show that it contains fur, and inscribed 'Lady Eliza[beth's] Muff Box'; this covers the rider from chest to thigh. In his right hand is a rolled document: 'Bishop [of Londo]n's golden rule Kings can do no wrong' [see British Museum Satires No. 14133]. The zebra's neck is encircled by necklaces of jewels; in place of the sieve in British Museum Satires No. 14110, a hand (the King's) from the right margin holds out a plate of jewels close to its voracious mouth. The lid of the bandbox in which it stands is inscribed 'Hertford [lightly scored through] Cunningham' [see British Museum Satires No. 13847]. The box, which is patterned with roses, is full of papers: 'Essays by exalted writers bought by the Pall Mall Booksell[er]'; 'Croker Poetical Slanders'; 'Malicious Anecdotes for John Bull', and a newspaper headed 'John Bull Sunday Mag . . .' Behind (right) is the Cottage with a group of stag, doe, and fawn, and (left) Windsor Castle."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Companion to the Queens ass in a band-box
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Charles Williams and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's announcement at bottom of plate: NB. In a few days will be published a companion to the Black Ram by the same author., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 46 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Names of "George IV" and "Ld. Conyngham" written in pencil at bottom of sheet, the former an incorrect identification. Typed extract of eighteen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, corner of Sackville St., Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Conyngham, Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, Marquess, 1797-1876, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., Huntly, Elizabeth, Marchioness of, 1799-1839., Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834., Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857., Howley, William, 1766-1848., and Windsor Castle,
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Zebras, Boxes, Documents, Jewelry, Dwellings, and Castles & palaces
"A farmyard scene, with a corner of the house on the left. A grossly fat and carbuncled parson on a quest for tithes encounters the farmer's wife, who runs towards him proffering an open bandbox, with a dangling lid inscribed 10th. A miniature hussar, very dandified in shako and pelisse, stands in it, superciliously inspecting the parson through an eye-glass. The woman, who is plump and well-dressed, wearing apron and bonnet, says: Seeing your Reverence comeing for your Tithes, I have brought you a Tenth. The parson, who holds a large book, Tithe list, and has a chicken in his capacious pocket, answers with a scowl and gesture of refusal: Take it back! take it back! good Woman; I never tithe Monkeys. The little hussar says: Eh! eh! what does that there fellow say? An amused yokel with a pitchfork leans over a gate (left). A cock crows on a dunghill, an ass brays. Corn-sheaves stand in a distant field."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dandyfied coxcomb in a bandbox and Dandified coxcomb in a bandbox
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. 10th April 1824 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Military uniforms, Clergy, England, Obesity, Boxes, Farms, Donkeys, Roosters, and Pitchforks
"A boy is seated on an ass which stands in a rectangular band-box. He is directed to the right and looks at the spectator grinning, his left hand extended as if pointing. He wears a round hat, a handkerchief knotted round his neck, ungartered stockings, shoes tied with strings, and a bludgeon under his right arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
My ass in a bandbox
Description:
Title etched below image., For a variant (earlier?) state lacking imprint statement, see no. 7793 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Leaf 12 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
A donkey with a man's head stands in an oval bandbox, in profile to the right. The head is possibly that of Lord Conyngham, wearing a mask inscribed "Incog[nito?]"; a blanket inscribed "G R" is draped over the donkey's back, and a small crown is present on its hindquarters. Upon the creature sits a man, possibly George IV; around the man's torso is a box, torn to show that it contains fur, and inscribed "Lad[y] Cunay[...] [Conynghamham's?] Muff Box". A hand from the right margin holds out a pail of "Virgin[ia] Water" close to the donkey's voracious mouth. The lid of the bandbox in which it stands is inscribed "Harness Box." The box, which is patterned with three-leaf clovers, contains various items including a crown, a sword, a military uniform, and a set of antlers. Behind (right) is a building that is marked "Hamilton Place" on its side
Alternative Title:
Kings ass in a band-box
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Watermark: J. Whatman 1821., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 70 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "George IV" and "Lord Conyngham" identified in pencil below image; date "May 1821" written in ink in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Johnston, No. 98 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832., and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861.
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Donkeys, Boxes, Pails, Antlers, Crowns, and Military uniforms
"The Queen, grossly caricatured, sits on a zebra which stands in a round band-box with a hinged and upturned lid inscribed 'a Present from Baro Bergami'. The zebra has the (profile) head of Wood, looking with greedy and imbecile satisfaction towards a sieve of food inscribed '[Wa]rden of St Catherine'. This is held out by two hands projecting from the left margin. The Queen, with a grin both calculating and insane, sits full-face, negligently holding reins attached to Wood's mouth, her left hand on her hip. She sits in a smaller (bottomless) band-box which surrounds her from hips to knees, the left leg, in frilled drawers, being thrust forward from beneath it. She wears a décolletée dress; on her head is an erection of feathers and flowers rising from a circlet inscribed 'Wood'. An owl (cf. British Museum satires no. 14199) flies by her head. In the background is Brandenburgh House, in front of which is a braying ass."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Queen's ass in a band-box
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 30.7 x 22.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 23.1 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 45 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Ald. Wood" and "Caroline" identified in ink below image; date "22 Jan. 1821" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of seven lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted beneath print.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Brandenburgh House (London, England),
The Queen, grossly caricatured, sits on a zebra which stands in a round band-box with a hinged and upturned lid inscribed 'a Present from Bart. Bergami'. The zebra has the (profile) head of Wood, looking with greedy and imbecile satisfaction towards a sieve of food inscribed 'Garden of St Cath[erine]'. This is held out by two hands projecting from the right margin. The Queen, with a grin both calculating and insane, sits full-face, negligently holding reins attached to Wood's mouth, her right hand on her hip. She sits in a smaller (bottomless) band-box which surrounds her entirely from just below her large waist down, with only one leg extended below. She wears a décolletée dress; on her head is an erection of feathers and flowers rising from a circlet inscribed 'Wood'. An owl (cf. British Museum satires no. 14199) flies by her head. In the background is Brandenburgh House, in front of which is a braying ass
Alternative Title:
Queen's ass in a band-box
Description:
Title etched below image., A reversed copy of a print attributed to Theodore Lane that was published 22 January 1821 by G. Humphrey. See no. 14110 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., and The letters "ee" have been added in ink to the censored word "Qu-n's" in title, to complete the intended word "Queen's".
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Brandenburgh House (London, England),
"A fantastic and complicated design. Queen Caroline leans back in an arm-chair, pen in hand, staring as if at a vision, her black locks flying outwards and upwards. Above her head, as if sprung from it, is an owl with the cross of the Order of St. Caroline (see British Museum Satires No. 13810) in its beak, and on its head a fool's cap with bells. She wears a décolletée dress with voluminous gathered trousers, as in many prints; her right foot is placed regally on a footstool. Her right arm rests on a table and on the paper on which she writes: To the King. She listens to a serpent held up by Dr. Parr, brandyfaced and naked except for his wig, one of several figures pressing round her, partly obscured by shadow. Lieut. Hownam looks over her right shoulder, two other faces are partly hidden, one may be Flinn, the other resembles Burdett. The aquiline profile of Hobhouse is behind Parr. On the right stands a broom, supporting a wig and gown (Brougham); another wig and gown beside it must indicate Denman; both are in back view. On the left and in the foreground stands Wood, as a devil, hairy and naked except for a furred gown, symbol of the alderman. He turns towards her, holding a baton, topped by a little cap of Liberty, and strings attached to two tiny processions: a state-coach (the Queen's) drawn by four horses and a band of armoured men on horseback, with banners, one inscribed Brass [the braziers' procession, see British Museum Satires No. 14119]. They are surrounded by clouds of dust. Over his shoulder look Cobbett, wearing a red cap with tricolour cockade and brandishing a bone (Paine's, see British Museum Satires No. 13525). To left and right of these advisers are evil gangs (cf. British Museum Satires No. 14194): a procession (left) of men with tall staves or pikes topped by caps of Liberty, and with a tricolour banner inscribed No Church no King no Constitution Universal Suffrage & Annual Plunder for ever. They wave their hats and cheer; their leader wears an apron. Above them floats a figure of Justice holding scales and a crown. Behind on the right naked arms raise firebrands, fanatical faces loom from the shadow; one at least has the snaky locks of Discord. The ornate round table at which the Queen writes is piled with boxes; on the largest, inscribed Secrets of the Baron, stands a small lifelike image of Bergami dressed as a courier. Other objects are a wallet from which projects a paper: 50,000 Per Ann [see British Museum Satires No. 14145], a vase of flowers, a decanter labelled (punningly) Tent [see British Museum Satires No. 13818]. On the floor are two figurines, one in back view, the other of Mahomet dancing (see British Museum Satires No. 13929). At the Queen's feet are her much-feathered four-cornered cap, and papers, one headed My dear Ca . . . and signed BB [Bartolomeo Bergami], the other beginning My dear C and signed Mat. [Wood]. By the broom are bulky bundles of papers: Brooming Correspondence and Defence of Moth[er Red Cap, see British Museum Satires No. 13975]. The owl is the base of an irregular inverted cone, formed of cloud-borne objects from the Queen's head. These are: Cobbets Register, The Times (see British Museum Satires No. 13968), The Champion (see British Museum Satires No. 13677), realistically depicted; three conical caps of Liberty with tricolour cockades inscribed respectively Bat, Cat, Mat [for Bergami, the Queen, and Wood; the title of a print, see British Museum Satires No. 14206 [23]]; Letters to Watch Makers [of] Coventry C B, over which hangs a watch and chain. Two large sketch-books, open: [1] Journal of a Tour to Jerusalem [see British Museum Satires No. 13918, &c.] with a view of a large mosque inscribed Temple of Solomon C.B del. [2] [Mem]oranda of the [Vi]lla d Este, facing a view of a large lake-side villa (see British Museum Satires No. 13857); this partly covers a third sketch: [Bucki]ngham House [the Queen's House as in British Museum Satires No. 14175]. Three large bundles of letters: Letters to the Baron [Bergami]; Wooden Headed Addresses Below Par; Answers to Addresses above Par [i.e. composed by Parr, see British Museum Satires No. 13934]. In a picture of a royal coach drawn by six horses and with three footmen behind the tiny passenger seems to be the Queen. Next this along the upper edge of the cone are pieces of plate decorated with a crown: urn, salver, goblet, candlestick, spoons, &c, with a paper: Plate Subscription.."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Evil communications corrupt good manners
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: J. Whatman 1821., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 96 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Wood," "Bergami," "Caroline," "Brougham," and "Denman" identified in ink below image; date "10 July 1821" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of twenty-three lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868., Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854., Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Cobbett, William, 1763-1835, and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
"A big cauldron rests on the bent backs of Wellington (left), supporting himself on his sword, Sidmouth, knock-kneed and holding a clyster-pipe, and Castlereagh (right), dandified and bland. From their mouths floats a scroll inscribed: "O is not this a Dainty Dish to set before a King." They are on a much smaller scale than the cooks, who stand one on each side, stirring the brew. One (left) is fashionably dressed, and stalwart, with brown complexion and negroid hair. He holds a green bag inscribed 'Rakings of Italy' and uses a spoon. A winged demon whispers in his ear: "Never mind the dirty work my boy it won't spoil your Complexion." He says: "It wants more seasoning master Cook." The other, pale and emaciated, and wearing barrister's wig and bands, stands on a large dispatch-box in order to reach the pot; this is inscribed 'G.R Milan Commission'. He stirs with a rolled document, and answers: "Indeed Mungo it must be warmer to be relished." Behind him and clutching his shoulder stands a large Devil, who says: "This beats the black Broth of Satan." The steam from the pot forms a background for a large fantastic face or mask, George IV, saying: "The Odour of this Cookery is exquisite! How Invigorating!! How Reviving!""--British Museum online catalogue and "A satire on the Milan Commission, instructed by Leach in 1818 to go abroad to procure evidence against the Princess of Wales, its report to the Cabinet in July 1819 forming the contents of the Green Bags, see British Museum Satires No. 13735. The barrister is William Cooke, his companion is his assistant, Lt.-Col. Browne (residing in Milan): Mungo (from Bickerstaffe's comic opera 'The Padlock') was a generic term for a negro, the name also implying one who does dirty jobs, cf. British Museum Satires No. 5030. There was also a solicitor, Powell, called 'the Rat' because he had acted for Burdett in election business. See British Museum Satires No. 10708 and 'Examiner', 1820, p. 540. ..."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 24.9 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.4 x 35.5 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 41 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and The figures of "Wellington," "Sidmouth," "Londondery [sic]," and "Cooke" identified in black ink in lower margin; date "July 1820" written in lower right corner. Typed extract of seventeen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1820 by Benbow, St. Clements Church Yd., Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Cooke, William, 1757-1832, and Browne, Thomas Henry, active 1820
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Cauldrons, Daggers & swords, Medical equipment & supplies, Cooks, Cookery, Cooking utensils, Demons, Devil, Documents, Boxes, and Bags
