Plate [7] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; Boadicea standing at right addressing a crowd of men weilding weapons at left, leaning on a shoulder of a weeping girl beside her."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Plate [7] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; Boadicea standing at right addressing a crowd of men weilding weapons at left, leaning on a shoulder of a weeping girl beside her."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching and engraving on wove paper ; sheet 48 x 33 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [7] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
"Caroline, in royal robes and crown, stands in her chariot, driving it and her pair of horses over the prostrate bodies of King, Ministers, Archbishop, and witnesses, while the royal troops flee in disorder and 'the People' led by Wood (in armour) and the Queen's lawyers advance with a banner: Victory, with laurel wreath and bonnet rouge. The Queen, her spear poised above the King, says Dieu et Mon Droit; the scythe of her chariot-wheel menaces the King's neck."--British Museum catalogue and "Caricature with Caroline as Boadicea in a chariot riding over her accusers, followed by a crowd of supporters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published November 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Boadicea, Queen, -62
Subject (Topic):
Chariots, Politicians, Witnesses, Lawyers, Bishops, and Liberty cap
"Caroline, in royal robes and crown, stands in her chariot, driving it and her pair of horses over the prostrate bodies of King, Ministers, Archbishop, and witnesses, while the royal troops flee in disorder and 'the People' led by Wood (in armour) and the Queen's lawyers advance with a banner: Victory, with laurel wreath and bonnet rouge. The Queen, her spear poised above the King, says Dieu et Mon Droit; the scythe of her chariot-wheel menaces the King's neck."--British Museum catalogue and "Caricature with Caroline as Boadicea in a chariot riding over her accusers, followed by a crowd of supporters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., 1 print : etching ; sheet 24.3 x 34.2 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 20 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figures of "Sidmouth," "Liverpool," "Londonderry," "Wellington," "George IV," and "Eldon" identified in pencil on mounting sheet below print; date "Nov. 1820" written in ink in lower right.
Publisher:
Published November 1820 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Boadicea, Queen, -62
Subject (Topic):
Chariots, Politicians, Witnesses, Lawyers, Bishops, and Liberty cap
