"A large quasi-cylindrical Green Bag, see British Museum Satires No. 13735, stands at an angle with the ground like a mortar (and suggesting the Regent's Bomb, see British Museum Satires No. 12799), aimed at the Queen (left), who stands with right arm...
Alternative Title:
Green bag open'd and Green bag opened
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. July 10th, 1820, by Richd. Fores, 71 Leadenhall Street, Aldgate
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822., Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, and Leach, John, 1760-1834
"Lord Lonsdale as Satan is seated in triumph, his right foot resting on a sack of 'Coals from the Infernal Pitt.' (Pitt gave Lowther his peerage, see BMSat 6579.) Peter Pindar (Wolcot) (left) kneels on one knee at his feet, with clasped hands, beseech...
Alternative Title:
Peter Pindar crouching to the devil
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 8th, 1792 (for the proprietor) by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Lonsdale, James Lowther, Earl of, 1736-1802 and Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
"Lord Lonsdale as Satan is seated in triumph, his right foot resting on a sack of 'Coals from the Infernal Pitt.' (Pitt gave Lowther his peerage, see BMSat 6579.) Peter Pindar (Wolcot) (left) kneels on one knee at his feet, with clasped hands, beseech...
Alternative Title:
Peter Pindar crouching to the devil
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 8th, 1792 (for the proprietor) by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Lonsdale, James Lowther, Earl of, 1736-1802 and Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
"A satire on the struggle between Pitt and Thurlow travestied as a scene from 'Paradise Lost'. Pitt (left) is Death, wearing the king's crown and using a long sceptre as a weapon. Thurlow (right) is Satan; he raises the (breaking) mace to smite, and h...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 9th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Shakspeare Gallery., Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):
Cerberus (Greek mythology), Medusa (Greek mythology), and Serpents
"A satire on the struggle between Pitt and Thurlow travestied as a scene from 'Paradise Lost'. Pitt (left) is Death, wearing the king's crown and using a long sceptre as a weapon. Thurlow (right) is Satan; he raises the (breaking) mace to smite, and h...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 9th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Shakspeare Gallery., Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):
Cerberus (Greek mythology), Medusa (Greek mythology), and Serpents
"Satirical broadside: an etching of a scene in Hell with the Devil playing a violin while devils and judges dance around the Green Bag, and the Cabinet roast; surrounded on all sides by letterpress."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
There never were such times!!
Description:
Title from letterpress text above image.
Publisher:
Published by T. Dolby, 299, Strand, and 34, Wardour Street, Soho
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
